Using Zipcars is saving Croydon Council £756,000 a year
I have been critical of Conservative-run Croydon Council for increasing Council Tax this year. However the council are to be… Read more »
Eric Pickles’s end of term letter to Tory MPs
The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has sent the following letter to all Conservative MPs. It provides an… Read more »
Council by-election results from yesterday
Hartlepool Borough – Manor House: Lab 639, Ukip 226, Hartlepool First 194, Con 74. (May 2012 – Three seats: Lab… Read more »
Cumbria County Council bans opposition councillors from meetings
Most councils operate a Cabinet system. The councillors who are Cabinet members have long briefing meeting with council officers in… Read more »
Why does Labour oppose converting offices to homes?
If there is an oversupply of office space and a shortage of housing then allowing the market to operate freely… Read more »
Labour-run Sheffield told to ditch Student Tax
What has Labour-run Sheffield City Council (or Labour-run Manchester or Bristol where Labour has more councillors than anyone else) got… Read more »
Privatising libraries is better than closing libraries
Tim Grier, the Managing Director of John Laing Integrated Services, gave an interesting talk at the recent Conservative Way Forward… Read more »
Olympics give tourism to London a lasting boost
Hosting the Olympics a year ago was far more expensive than was necessary, or originally budgeted for. Tessa Jowell claimed… Read more »
Council by-election results from yesterday
Merton London Borough – Colliers Wood: Lab 1685, C 441, Ukip 157, Lib Dem 52. (May 2010 – Three seats… Read more »
Faster action to remove illegal traveller sites
The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is helping councils clamp down faster on illegal encampments and unauthorised traveller… Read more »
Kent’s adoption parties mean more children have the chance of a loving home
Cllr Jenny Whittle, the Cabinet Member for Specialist Children's Services on Kent County Council, says remembering the human factor can… Read more »
Boris offers a positive Conservative alternative to Labour’s mess on education
John Bald says Boris Johnson and his deputy Munira Murza have assembled an impressive team Boris Johnson's education enquiry and… Read more »
Labour is opposing a new Church of England free school for Fulham
Labour's stance on free schools is as confused as ever. Officially its position has thawed – provided that new schools… Read more »
Whatever you might read in The Independent, in Cornwall the spare room subsidy cut is working
More news on the truth behind the deferential treatment which The Independent gave to Labour's claims about the spare room… Read more »
DEFRA spend £85,000 pushing for Council Tax rises
The Daily Mail reports that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs believe residents would like to have higher… Read more »