Stop funding Law Centres

Enfield Council is being denounced for not bailing out the Enfield Law Centre which has closed after building up debts…. Read more »

Fighting the recession in Essex

Lord Hanningfield, leader of Essex County Council, on Council Tax rebates for the poor, the Council paying bills quickly and… Read more »

From Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs column

Items include a mention of Haringey Council’s communications team being "highly commended" in the recent PR Week awards. As Private… Read more »

From the Sunday Telegraph’s Waste Watch

Today’s Waste Watch includes an item on Ipswich Council spending £15,000 on a wind turbine placed where it doesn’t work… Read more »

Exeter Council’s £2,350 day at the races

The Sunday Telegraph’s excellent Waste Watch column reports that Lib Dem-run Exeter Council spent £2,350 on hospitality for senior councillors… Read more »

Lib Dem-run Islington Council in turmoil

Councillor Andrew Cornwell has resigned as Execetive Member for Finance from the Lib Dem administration in Islington. In a damning… Read more »

From Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs column

Interesting paragraph about East Northamptonshire District Council. They had invested £4 million in Iceland but withdrew it last year. The… Read more »

Westminster Council’s recession busting measures

Westminster Council leader Cllr Colin Barrow says that among other things they are paying their bills early, freezing Council Tax,… Read more »

Exeter Council spent £70,000 on lottery application never sent in

Exeter Council (which so far as I can tell is a Lib Dem lead minority administration to the extent it… Read more »

Tory-run Monmouthshire fails to live up to Cameron’s commitment to small businesses

These were David Cameron’s words, from two weeks ago: "Lots of our small businesses provide goods and services to local… Read more »

Stop Council Tax funded trade union posts

Most Councils, including most Conservative Councils, pay salaries to Town Hall staff to work full time for their trade unions…. Read more »

£2.5 billion business rates black hole?

The Times this morning reports a £2.5 billion "black hole" in Council finances due to the closure of about 8,000… Read more »

Cameron calls for Councils to pay their bills quickly

Writing in The Observer this morning (in case any of you don’t read The Observer), David Cameron said: "Lots of… Read more »