Labour councillor in Thurrock opposes Abu Hamza’s extradition
Cllr Aaron Kiely, a councillor in Thurrock, faces being suspended from the Labour Party, after sending a tweet opposing the… Read more »
Warrington Labour councillor suspended over computer hacking allegations
Cllr Chris Vobe, a councillor in Warrington has been suspended by the Labour Party. Cheshire police are investigating Cllr Vobe… Read more »
We need to Get Britain Reading – not just London
John Bald takes to the Conference fringe to hear Nick Gibb taking on the teaching unions This was my first… Read more »
Pickles says unions shouldn’t just pay for their own staff but also for collecting their subs
Speaking to a Freedom Association fringe meeting during the Conservative Conference in Birmingham, the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric… Read more »
Troubled Families progamme shows absurdity of “Left/Right” classifications
Cllr Rowena Davis is a journalist and a Labour councillor in Southwark. She's a warm and intelligent lady. I met… Read more »
The curse of Plowden
Often reports commissioned by the Government are quietly ignored. However Lady Plowden's Report into primary school education has been disastrously… Read more »
Call to sell off “extravagant” Police Authority building
Matthew Grove, the Conservative candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside has proposed selling the Police Authority's offices. He… Read more »
A conference star turn from Eric Pickles
A strong performance both in style and substance from the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles at the Conservative… Read more »
The Government must keep its nerve on localism
Cllr Nick Botterill, Leader of Hammersmith and Fulham, Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell, Leader of Kensington and Chelsea, Cllr Lord True,… Read more »
With a bit of help we could kickstart a new era for council house building
Cllr Jonathan Glanz, Westminster City Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing suggests some reforms that could recast the role of local… Read more »
The forgotten partner – Safer Deals to complement City Deals
In a new paper, to be launched today at Party Conference Westminster City Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Protection, Cllr… Read more »
Revealed: The Conservative councils opposing the Government’s adoption reforms
Last month I wrote about the disgraceful opposition from three charities to the Government's proposals to help more children in… Read more »
New Homes Bonus helping to reduce the number of empty properties
38,000 long term empty properties have been brought back into use over the last two years as local authorities respond… Read more »
The Paddington Academy success story
Further to the earlier post about the Paddington Academy schoolgirl who was heckled at the Labour Party Conference I thought… Read more »
Schoolgirl heckled at Labour conference for attending an academy
During the education debate at the Labour conference today there was an inspirational speech by headmaster Dave Brunton about success… Read more »