Vote against the Congestion Charge Extension
The previous Mayor of London held a consultation on the extension of the Congestion Charge zone to Kensington and Chelsea…. Read more »
Hail to the Chief?
Should local councils employ Chief Executives? John Redwood thinks not. In a post on his excellent blog a while ago,… Read more »
Kate Davies: How to get more from your local housing association
Kate Davies is Chief Executive of the Notting Hill Housing Trust. Kate has also been a Council housing director and… Read more »
Oldham Council cuts 850 staff
Oldham Council, run by the Lib Dems since they took control from Labour in May, is proposing to reduce staffing… Read more »
Council by-elections
Here are the results from Council by-election held yesterday. Welcome aboard to Cllr Geoffrey Holdcroft who joins us in Suffolk… Read more »
Liverpool Watch
Lib Dem controlled Liverpool Council does not have a single Conservative councillor at present. But that does not mean there… Read more »
Something rotten in Tower Hamlets
Private Eye has a regular feature called Rotten Boroughs. The latest issue has an interesting item about Tower Hamlets: "Congratulations… Read more »
Opposing the opposition
Roger Evans is the London Assembly Member for Havering & Redbridge and the London Assembly Conservative Spokesman for Budget &… Read more »
Stoke-on-Trent referendum confusion
A referendum is taking place in Stoke-on-Trent on October 23. Voters are being asked the following: "Are you in favour… Read more »
Conservatives in power
Harry Phibbs, the new editor of Conservative Home’s Local Government Blog, needs your help. As we work to be returned… Read more »
Watch out… You might be hit by a falling gravestone!
Greg Hands MP has highlighted another manifestation of the health’n’safety culture that is crazily gripping too much of Britain. The… Read more »
Should Conservative councils cut council tax for all or give rebates to some?
Both the Daily Mail and the East Anglian Daily Times report on Tory-controlled Essex County Council’s plan to give £200… Read more »
Margaret Eaton is new Chair of the Local Government Association
Further to our report last week we can confirm that Margaret Eaton is the new Chair of the Local Government… Read more »
Council tax dodgers mean £746 million in lost revenue
A survey of uncollected tax by a local government workers’ trade union today revealed that in the last financial year,… Read more »
BNP continue to advance in local by-elections
No wins/ losses in the latest local four by-election results. The persistence/ growth of the BNP is the most notable… Read more »