Two counties have been in the news recently about plans to carve out new unitary authorities from existing district and county councils. Northamptonshire County Council made headlines last month as it was declared effectively bankrupt. A report recommended scrapping the county and its constituent districts and replacing them with two new unitary authorities in 2020,… Continue reading Is the future unitary for English Councils?
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Encouraging the industry to ban retired councillors from lobbying their former council for six months
The Guardian has today published a story about councillors employed in ‘planning’ companies. He contacted several of our employees before he published the story, and each of them gave the same quote: “Thorncliffe expressly prohibits any of its employees from any form of engagement, on behalf of a client, of a local authority area of… Continue reading Encouraging the industry to ban retired councillors from lobbying their former council for six months
London elections part 3
THIS WEEK Bexley, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham, Redbridge, Southwark, Waltham Forest LAST WEEK Barnet, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Newham, Richmond upon Thames, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth FIRST WEEK Barking and Dagenhan, Bexley, Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Merton, Sutton, Westminster Bexley This patch of outer south-east London was expected to have a reasonable… Continue reading London elections part 3
London elections part 2
THIRD WEEK Bexley, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham, Redbridge, Southwark, Waltham Forest SECOND WEEK Barnet, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Newham, Richmond upon Thames, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth FIRST WEEK Barking and Dagenhan, Bexley, Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Merton, Sutton, Westminster Barnet Throughout the count in 2014, control of Barnet council was on a… Continue reading London elections part 2
Election briefing reports
Today, we start serialising our election briefing reports for all the 32 London Boroughs across the capital. THIS WEEK: Barking and Dagenhan, Bexley, Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Merton, Sutton, Westminster SECOND WEEK Barnet, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Newham, Richmond upon Thames, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth THIRD WEEK Bexley, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham,… Continue reading Election briefing reports
Spring Quiz answers
Congratulations to Peter Exton, a Housing Development Consultant and a triathlete, who wins the Thorncliffe Spring Quiz. For those who attempted it and who want to know the answers, here they are: Under what circumstances should a planning applicant submit ownership Certificate D? When submitting an application on a site where the applicant only owns part of… Continue reading Spring Quiz answers