Essex is the Council of the Week
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis with his series celebrating excellence in our Town Halls Having highlighted my home County of… Read more »
Council tenants with spare rooms need a nudge to downsize
Cllr John Moss, a councillor in Waltham Forest, has been asking how many Council tenants are living in overcrowded homes… Read more »
Council byelection results from Thursday
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary, Fenland. Con 384 (44.1%, -3%), Lib Dem 240 (27.6%, -8.5%), UKIP 214 (24.6%, +24.6%),… Read more »
Staffordshire Council slashes sickness absence
The Municipal Journal reports(£) on some good progress made by Conservative-run Staffordshire County Council in reducing sickness absence by 8%…. Read more »
UKIP makes county council elections hard to predict
In 2009 the Conservatives swept the board in the county council elections. Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire were gained from… Read more »
Why is Eric Pickles still giving the Local Government Association £25.5 million of our money?
The Municipal Journal reports (£): "The Local Government Association (LGA) has been dealt a severe blow to its finances in… Read more »
Regionalism dead and buried
Very pleasing Written Statement from the Communities and Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham It revokes the Regional Strategies for the… Read more »
Two thirds of councils are cutting or freezing Council Tax
Seven out of 10 Conservative councils are freezing or cutting Council Tax, compared to only half of Labour councils. In… Read more »
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cited to justify planning notices
The Government have no plans to scrap the statutory requirement for planning notices to be advertised in local newspapers. This… Read more »
More Council-Tax-raising asset hoarders investigated
Conservative-run Surrey County Council spends £15.9 million a year on debt interest on their £321 million of debt. Their assets… Read more »
Freeing schools from the Left’s wretched social determinism
John Bald writes Michael Gove's critics of last week gave university addresses, but one is also a teacher completing a… Read more »
East Sussex, Medway and Norfolk are Councils of the Week
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis with his series celebrating excellence in our Town Halls The first two are East Sussex… Read more »
Councillors falsely presented as “anti development”
Some interesting polling – one survey of councillors, another of the public – on attitudes to development. It was carried… Read more »
Why the “Help to Buy” scheme will not re-inflate the housing bubble
Cllr John Moss of Waltham Forest Council welcomes the Budget's housing measures In the Budget, George Osborne offered further help… Read more »
Council byelection results from yesterday and last week
The following results are from contests that took place yesterday: Adeyfield West Ward, Dacorum Lib Dem 363 (32.6%, +18.1), Lab… Read more »