Earlier today CCHQ released this press statement: "Ken Livingstone and Labour politicians on the London Assembly look set to be given ‘golden goodbye’ payouts of up to £92,000 for losing office. Little-noticed provisions in new laws being introduced by Gordon Brown will introduce ‘severance payments’ for losing elections for the Greater London Authority. Not only […]
Eric Pickles, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, launches ConservativeHome’s new local government blog with a challenge… I’ve got a question for our Conservative Councillors – are you up for it? Or, to put it another way – are you part of the dependency culture? Do you want us to replace one […]