Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)

Councillor Mel Allcott warns of “high-risk retreat” from Worcester’s secondary school plans

Ripe for Change: Seizing the Opportunity for Electoral Reform

Outgoing LDER President Sarah Olney reflects on the last year and looks ahead to exciting times for electoral reform.

Revealed: 80 million calls to HMRC go unanswered as Lib Dems demand urgent action to fix tax helpline chaos

Research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows HMRC has failed to pick up one in five taxpayer calls over the last decade, with the tax service leaving almost a hundred million calls unanswered in ten years.

New 'talking signs' help Folkestone prepare for flash flooding

The Environment Agency and Kent County Council have launched interactive signage across Folkestone to help residents and businesses prepare for flash flooding at locations along the Pent Stream.

Local Government Reorganisation in itself is a time consuming, expensive and futile waste of all our time.

Tim's intervention in the debate at the Kent County Council meeting of Thursday 6th November on "KCC's Strategic Business Case for Local Government Reorganisation in Kent and Medway".

Chris backed by the Ombudsman over SEND crisis

The Local Government's Ombudsman wrote to me, sharing my concerns about Local Authority misconduct on SEND.