Elections for city mayors planned for November 15th
The Daily Telegraph reports that elections for mayors in major cities will be held on November 15th. It could be… Read more »
Councils should offer real help now to families’ cost of living
Bob Neill MP, Minister for Local Government, urges councils to accept the Council Tax freeze offer For the second year… Read more »
Windsor & Maidenhead to cut Council Tax for third year in a row
Congratulations to the Conservative-run Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead which is cutting its Council Tax for the third year… Read more »
Two more Conservative councils plan Council Tax rises
After the news of Surrey, Peterborough, Chelmsford and Aylesbury Vale there are reports of two more Conservative councils, Scarborough and… Read more »
Kung Hei Fat Choy! Chinese New Year greeting from Boris
Kung Hei Fat Choy. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has wished the Chinese community a Happy New year… Read more »
ComRes poll also shows 2% Livingstone lead over Boris
Following the YouGov poll last week another Evening Standard poll has shown that Ken Livingstone is ahead of Boris Johnson… Read more »
Wasteful spending of Labour councils refusing to freeze Council Tax
Plenty of Labour councils claiming they have "no alternative" to Council Tax increase despite the offer of Government funding to… Read more »
Conservatives should hold open primaries to choose sheriff candidates
Over on Tory Diary Matthew has written about the Conservatives going cool on open primaries to choose candidates for the… Read more »
Labour councillors denounce Ed Miliband’s support for cuts
It is not just Labour MPs who rely on the trade unions to fund their election campaigns but also Labour… Read more »
Evidence of illegal subletting in a fifth of Council properties
The Sunday Telegraph reports on findings HJK Investigations, the housing fraud specialist, that there are "indications of fraud" in a… Read more »
Councils bring in “pray and display” Sunday parking charges
The Sunday Times reports (£) on councils increasing parking charges to avoid cutting spending. At least the Brighton and Hove… Read more »
Bury makes u-turn to agree Council Tax freeze
Labour-run Bury Council is to freeze the Council Tax in the coming year. Yet last October the Labour councillors voted… Read more »
Aylesbury Vale District Council should duck out of Council Tax rise
Conservative-run Aylesbury Vale District Council is considering a Council Tax increase of 2.5%. Perversely a Labour opposition councillor says "this… Read more »
Council byelection results from yesterday
Redcar and Cleveland Borough – Newcomen: Lab 539, Lib Dem 484, C 76 (May 2011 – Two seats Lib Dem… Read more »
Brentwood Lib Dem councillor defects to Conservatives
Liberal Democrat Councillor, Cllr Nigel Clarke, has today crossed the floor to join the Conservative Group on Brentwood Borough Council…. Read more »