That comes back to more revenue being needed to be raised locally. (View Post)

Good observation. I'm of the view that one thing Burnham could perhaps create is regional clusters such that Civil Service careers from more or less bottom to top become possible in a Region, ra… (View Post)

We did here in Nottinghamshire !!! It is still the best way to get a rapidly stifled giggle from a police officer. They get joke candidates for London Mayor (£10k deposit iirc), where Binface receive… (View Post)

One of my current unfocused musings is that we have a severe problem in the UK in the lack of alternative routes to influential political positions, other than inside party structures. That denudes l… (View Post)

On top of that he also has a significant number of Labour MPs in Greater Manchester, which covers 10 local authorities, with whom he works, plus in adjacent areas. I don't know the exact numbers… (View Post)