Councils resist publishing salaries over £58,200 a year
The Daily Telegraph has an amusing report this morning on some of the pleading spent in by Council bureucrats against… Read more »
If the GMB want higher Council Tax collection rates they should back the Conservatives
The GMB trade union have been complaining about the poor rate of Council Tax collection. Their General Secretary Paul Kenny:… Read more »
Trafford gives 50% Council Tax discount for Special Constables
Conservative-run Trafford Council had provided some recognition of the valuable voluntary contribution Special Constables make in reducing incidents of crime… Read more »
Dear Red Ken – What is your deal with Bob Crow?
An open letter to Ken Livingstone Dear Mr Livingstone This week, a group of concerned London MPs wrote to the… Read more »
Big interest in restoring weekly bin collections
The Department for Communities and Local Government today set out their prospectus for councils to bid for a share of… Read more »
Council byelection result from yesterday
The Press Association report: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough – Madeley: Lib Dem 617, Lab 342, C 294, Ukip 41. (May 2011 –… Read more »
Video report: Michael Crick visits Liverpool as it prepares to elect a city-wide Mayor
Morale at DCLG “lowest in Whitehall” says survey
The Evening Standard reports on a Civil Service People Survey which suggests an "employee engagement" score of 40% at the… Read more »
SWP choose not to run a candidate against Ken Livingstone
For those of you who haven't got hold of this week's issue of Socialist Worker yet comes the news that… Read more »
Chesterfield consults on Council Tax rise
Labour-run Chesterfield Borough Council is proposing a Council Tax rise of 3.5% but is first holding a consultation to test… Read more »
Why I’m standing as Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire
Former Deputy Chief Constable Peter Walker declares his candidacy to be the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire As… Read more »
Labour attack Boris for Council Tax cut
Today has seen a huge, perhaps critical, mistake by the Ken Livingstone campaign in their response to the decision of… Read more »
Councils to keep council rents – not hand them over to Whitehall
An important speech by the Housing Minister Grant Shapps today. The Housing Revenue Account Subsidy System is being scrapped in… Read more »
Boris to cut the Council Tax precept by 1%
Some excellent news from City Hall this morning that the Mayor of London Boris Johnson is to cut by 1%… Read more »
Wandsworth publish performance information
Cllr Ravi Govindia, the Leader of Wandsworth Council, on why he is publishing how his council performs against others in… Read more »