Government to pilot new voter ID laws for May 2017 elections
A Conservative government wants to introduce a measure which would benefit it electorally and for which it hasn’t produced strong evidence. … Read the full post »
Eric Pickles
Read about the Conservative politician and minister, Eric Pickles.
There’s more to Eric Pickles’s report into electoral fraud than the title suggests
A long list of recommendations should always have a careful reader diving for the details to see quite what is lurking in the list. … Read the full post »
Eric Pickles hunts for evidence of electoral fraud
Eric Pickles, the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, is to review electoral fraud and make recommendations on what more could be done to tackle it. … Read the full post »
First Sure Start director has a positive verdict on new government’s children policies
Naomi Eisenstadt was the first director of the Sure Start program when it was created under Labour. … Read the full post »
Lynne Featherstone vs Steve Hilton on maternity pay
As for what Lynne Featherstone said about Steve Hilton, if think think that was acerbic, you should hear what plenty of Lib Dems in Whitehall say about him… … Read the full post »
Did you know you can spit on the ceiling in Islington?
Looking through the local council by-laws still in force in the London Borough of Islington, I came across this one on spitting… … Read the full post »
Hooray for Conservative MP Andrew Selous on Chief Exec pay
Long-time readers will know that I’ve often criticised the widespread practice of local authority Chief Executives pocketing extra payments for running elections. … Read the full post »
Two major tax reforms the government should see through
There’s been some promising chatter in the run-up to next week’s Budget about two major changes to our tax system. … Read the full post »
Should local councils still have to run long, wordy adverts in local newspapers?
It’s very common to see local councils advertising in local newspapers, and they are often one of the main sources of advertising revenue for the local press. That can cause conflicts over whether there is improper influence at work and also over whether councils should shift money elsewhere, risking plunging the local press into enforced … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #3 is out: what Eric Pickles got right, how Labour was going to cut more, our freedoms extended, conference previewed and more
Liberal Democrat Newswire #3 is out: what Eric Pickles got right, how Labour was going to cut more, our freedoms extended, conference previewed and more. … Read the full post »