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05 Jan 08 : 03 | Town Hall to House of Commons - Making the Leap London Assembly member Roger Evans helps to coach potential politicians on getting selected for Parliament. Here he warns how being a councillor can be a liability. Last month Eveleigh Moore-Dutton wrote a piece asking why more women councillors did not become MPs. As someone who coaches women in... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
30 Dec 09 : 44 | Eric Pickles plans purge of 'Town Hall fat cats' According to reports in The Times and Financial Times Eric Pickles MP wants to encourage local councils to cut costs by pooling the administration and delivery of certain key services and, as a reward, they will get the opportunity to keep more of the council tax that they raise. The FT identifies... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
07 Jan 09 : 00 | Boris biffs the gloomadon poppers In his New Year message broadcast to cheering crowds, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson declared: "Believe it or not folks there were gloomadon poppers who wanted to cancel the fireworks they said 'Mr Mayor we can't afford a fireworks display in the recession.' I said 'Phooey.' I said: 'The people... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
03 Jan 09 : 00 | Cut the council jargon in 2009 or we'll all be living in LAA-LAA land Lucy Shersby on her crusade against municipal jargon. Britain is sinking in a tide of gobbledegook – much of it starting out in the public sector. It is no longer acceptable for bureaucrats to speak of money, instead there are revenue streams. We don't have lollipop ladies or men, now they are... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
23 Dec 14 : 06 | Eric Pickles answers more of your questions We have already published the first installment of answers to the questions you recently posed about local government reorganisation to shadow communities and local government secretary, Eric Pickles. Here is his second set of answers, covering how Conservative councils can be Conservative, local... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
22 Dec 09 : 00 | Should Council's have "Film Units"? One of the 100 Questions I suggested councillors ask Council Officers was: "Does our Film Unit cost more than the extra revenue it attracts from film companies?" In a way the implication behind my question was rather generous. It slightly implied that whatever revenue is obtained only comes in as a... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
19 Dec 09 : 00 | Why don't more women councillors become MPs? Cllr Eveleigh Moore-Dutton of Chester Council asks why ambitious and capable women still have trouble "making the leap" from local politics. A friendly MP once told me that his job was that of a 'super-Councillor'; others have described the role of modern parliamentarians as that of 'super social... Source : ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog |
