The police are still failing to stop voter fraud in Tower Hamlets
A mass of evidence has still not been seriously investigated.
Stephen Greenhalgh: Get ready for 5,000 Digital Dixons of Dock Green
Neighbourhood policemen will each have tablets or smartphones enabling them to patrol with purpose where and when crime is likely to happen.
Changes in planning rules to help save the pubs
Registering pubs as being of community value will protect them from change of use.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives hold seats in Cambridgeshire and Shropshire.
LGA says it will continue employing former Rotherham Council leader
Yet again the Local Government Association defends the indefensible.
Lib Dem councillor in Rochford defects to the Conservatives
Cllr Lumley joins the Conservatives – to help defeat UKIP and their “cheap sound bites”.
Independent Cotswold councillor joins the Conservatives
He is the third councillor to join the Conservatives from the Independents on that council.
Judy Terry: Every council should have a Cabinet member for immigrant communities
Each Council should have an experienced senior Cabinet member to be a point of contact.
Cllr Matthew Palmer: The Conservative Councillors Association needs reform
Why can councillors from outside London vote for the “London representative”?
Council by-election result from yesterday
Labour have held a seat in Derbyshire.
Christopher Salmon: How I cut the precept while giving better policing
We agreed to restructure, and in some cases remove, departments.
Ten Labour councillors in Redcar and Cleveland resign from the Party
This mass exodus means Labour have lost control of the council.
Pickles sends in commissioners to take over Rotherham Council
There is alarm at the Council’s continued failure to understand and combat the crimes of Child Sexual Exploitation.
Conservative councils have the best record on recycling
If you want to go green, then it would seem the best advice is to vote blue.
Richmond and Wandsworth agree shared services deal
Each council is due to save £10 million a year due to the arrangement.