That aspect of the graph isn't a surprise, given that the cost pressures local councils have to meet - principally from adult and child social services - rise inexorably, and other sources of fu… (View Post)

Update: 0916, and the job is reported as done. :) Hopefully I'll be seeing that dog owner again soon... (View Post)

A lucky escape? (View Post)

Underneath is the problem that local government has no constitutional basis and hence no security. In most other democracies, the fundamentals of its local governance are set out in its constitution.… (View Post)

Yes, the financial side is a never ending source of frustration, and when you compare the powers and freedoms that similar bodies have in European countries, one can only weep at the desperate state … (View Post)