According to The Daily Telegraph, David Cameron will take councils to task today for imposing “unnecessary conditions” on Royal Wedding street parties. The PM is reported to be “angry” that some councils are refusing to close streets and demanding that people take out public liability insurance.

The PM’s right that some councils can be unduly squeamish about street closures. In our work with the Big Lunch, a one day get-together for neighbours, we found that some councils did indeed impose unnecessary conditions on street closures. We’ve since encouraged councils to agree to street closures wherever possible.