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 »
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis with his series celebrating excellence in our Town Halls Having highlighted my home County of… Read more »
Cllr John Moss, a councillor in Waltham Forest, has been asking how many Council tenants are living in overcrowded homes… Read more »
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 »
The Municipal Journal reports(£) on some good progress made by Conservative-run Staffordshire County Council in reducing sickness absence by 8%…. Read more »
In 2009 the Conservatives swept the board in the county council elections. Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire were gained from… Read more »
The Municipal Journal reports (£): "The Local Government Association (LGA) has been dealt a severe blow to its finances in… Read more »
Very pleasing Written Statement from the Communities and Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham It revokes the Regional Strategies for the… Read more »
Seven out of 10 Conservative councils are freezing or cutting Council Tax, compared to only half of Labour councils. In… Read more »
The Government have no plans to scrap the statutory requirement for planning notices to be advertised in local newspapers. This… Read more »
Conservative-run Surrey County Council spends £15.9 million a year on debt interest on their £321 million of debt. Their assets… Read more »
John Bald writes Michael Gove's critics of last week gave university addresses, but one is also a teacher completing a… Read more »
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis with his series celebrating excellence in our Town Halls The first two are East Sussex… Read more »
Some interesting polling – one survey of councillors, another of the public – on attitudes to development. It was carried… Read more »
Cllr John Moss of Waltham Forest Council welcomes the Budget's housing measures In the Budget, George Osborne offered further help… Read more »
The following results are from contests that took place yesterday: Adeyfield West Ward, Dacorum Lib Dem 363 (32.6%, +18.1), Lab… Read more »