CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Jacket in

03 December 2015

A 24-hour summit of council bosses from the North was always going to throw up a few surprises.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Heavens above

03 December 2015

Diary was delighted to see so many strong female chief executives at Future Forum North. It seems...

WHITEHALL

White Van Man on . . . index-linked pensions

03 December 2015

What is it about this government’s love affair with old folk?

WHITEHALL

Corridors of power: The real Autumn Statement

25 November 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has taken a truth drug just before he stands up to make his Autumn Stat...

HUMOUR

Flagging up the big issue

25 November 2015

Amid a never-ending deluge of bad news, Diary is pleased to bring you a bit of local government j...

HUMOUR

Not so social media

25 November 2015

Last week hundreds of councils around the country took to Twitter to promote the good work of loc...

FINANCE

Demo duty for Cam?

19 November 2015

They say if you don’t ask, you don’t get – so hat’s off to a group of Oxfordshire campaigners for...

PLANNING

Wavering Waveney

19 November 2015

This week’s strange but true tale of rock and roll colliding with local government comes from the...

HEALTH

White Van Man on . . . capital investment

19 November 2015

I was looking for a loan the other day and discovered the interest rates are so low they’re almos...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rogue traders

19 November 2015

Here at The MJ Towers we are all in favour of localism, but even we found plans by a small commun...