In truth, and whisper it quietly, but the Conservative administrations at some of the Counties, which were swept away by the Reform tsunami in May, were actually very well run and the notion created … (View Post)

The problem comes when Councils are forced by Government to take on more statutory duties without any additional resources. Social care for adults and children is the current "hot potato" -… (View Post)

Across a County Council, £1 million is back of the sofa money. Leicestershire has a budget of around £615 million so we aren't talking about swingeing savings by any stretch. I'd cut back o… (View Post)

Simple question, complex answer. A lot depends on whether you have a two-tier structure in local Government or a Unitary and whether you have a division or Ward with a single councillor or as many as… (View Post)

Evening all :) My usual response is I wouldn’t join a club which would have me as a member. Not that I have half a million lying around - Mrs Stodge and the horses have seen to that. (View Post)