The Council House Tax is coming soon
The Housing and Planning Bill working its way through parliament presents some of the most drastic and devastating…
Nick Forbes
4 reasons why devolution of NHS budgets is a good idea
The recent announcement that the entire NHS health budget for Greater Manchester will be devolved to local councils…
Our cities are crying out for power
It is clearer than ever that we need a Labour Government so that Labour’s New Deal for England…
Reinventing public services as ‘fit for purpose’
Tune into a conversation on a bus or high street in Newcastle and, odds are, you will hear…
The Government’s approach to Local Government is a tale of two nations
Like many other Councils Newcastle receives the majority of its money from Central Government. The Coalition has cut…
The Lib Dems are a recipe for an implosion
‘You know where you are with a Tory’ is a phrase I often hear in Newcastle. Admittedly we…
Setting an example on pay
It’s ironic that, despite the Coalition Government’s deafening silence on the pay of bankers, they have been very…
The Government’s new housing strategy – a mangled hotch potch of headlines
The Coalition Government’s new housing strategy, launched in a blizzard of publicity, is intended to address some of…
