Member of the House of Lords, NED, Chairman of a couple of things and EX a lot of things. Big fan of Local government and the great people and politicians in it
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You’re losing the plot, why should people who had free HE charge their grandchildren interest at a rate that makes mortgages look cheap. We should take the loan book back and if for wider reasons we need to charge interest it should be at PWLB rates.
Why May? Surely from their point of view a winter (Feb) is more likely to shift the dial in their favour. Every Constituency Assosiation should have been expected to endorse their candidate way before they write their Christmas cards
Kemi Badenoch warns Tories must be ready for snap election in May despite Burnham trying to kill fevered speculation trib.al/vfPv2TB
Gary Porter retweeted
The Norm entrance jokes on Cheers were famously tough to write.
George Wendt delivered 200+ of them over 11 seasons. As the show’s popularity grew, so did expectations. Writers said the real genius wasn’t always on the page; it was Wendt’s physical comedy, delivery, and timing.
This is a really good move, should give most working young people a fighting chance to get on the housing ladder again. PSRents are less than most monthly mortgage payments are, access to capital is the blocker. Banks should extend it beyond FTB though to allow whole chain access
If you don't have help from the bank of Mum and Dad, this is for you:
This government is introducing the Your First Home scheme to help more young people buy their first home with a deposit of just 2.5%.
That means less to save upfront, and lower monthly costs once you’ve got the keys.
And this help is coming soon, with pre-registration set to open by the end of the year.
ALT Graphic reads: Launching soon, first-time buyers scheme with 2.5% deposit.
This is what the world looks like when successive governments dont make timely investments in nationally immportant infrastructure. How many buses cannot now be brought because we couldn’t keep the sky’s open?
Brilliant choice. The local government world will be thanking their lucky stars that somebody who understands their day job, has got this top job. Sarah was great, but had to learn on the job, Tom has been there and got the scars to prove it.
We're delighted to announce the appointment of @tomriordan as the next Permanent Secretary at MHCLG. Tom brings extensive experience in local and national government from his roles as Northern Growth Envoy, Second Permanent Secretary at DHSC, and Chief Exec of Leeds City Council.
ALT Portrait photo of Tom Riordan, the new Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Why 6 months? The cash is in for ever when it is charged the first time and because it’s in the base the uplift every year is greater every year. We are moving into a world where centrally set priorities will be paid for by locally charged revenue, that was always the Devo risk
Are you sure about that? Band B Wandsworth £396 Band B Spalding £1700
However you try to say it, this was a very good result for @Nigel_Farage and @reformparty_uk so I assume we will all be asked to say it quickly!!To increase the number of actual votes in a decreased%turn out is almost unheard of.The other winners were @Tendring_DC Electoral team
Not sure about this if anyone uses level 4 as a benchmark, i used to be level 3 after being level nowhere and my friends on level 3 now, are pulling more than £100K and have accountants to minimise their taxes and they have no student loans so going to 4 and 5-7 is smart?
You and me both,but let’s not forget the local government hero’s who spent the 20 years before we arrived and made the same case to Major,Blair and Brown,RTB is a good way to churn stock to make sure more affordable homes are built and more families are taken off the waiting list
After 2 decades in local government making the case that councils should keep right to buy funds to build new homes, I am so proud our @UKLabour government has delivered this boost to social homes!
This is insane, just pass a change that says anyone convicted of manslaughter of emergency service or military personal are exempt from the early release scheme. Then you are not doing it on a one off basis.
Sentencing Minister: It Would be ‘Wrong’ to Stop Early Release of PC Harper’s Killers order-order.com/2026/08/05/s…
Terribly sad news to hear of the passing of Rod Liddle. Extremely Funny, ferociously unreconstructed, erudite, challenging, entertaining, thought provoking, bear poking. All of that running around my head in the first ten mins of the first time I met him.
Insurance is the way to pool risk and over time will work. Short term we need to find other fixes. But central government interfering in wage setting etc, will only make it worse, unless they are prepared to also fund it, by reducing other pet projects
Care costs councils far more than the government are prepared to pay.We brought in the social care precept as a temporary(no more than 3 years)stopgap to cover some of the short fall.We(you me and everyone else) have accepted that private payers are over paying to also subsidise
Andy Burnham’s plan to give social care workers a pay rise will cost up to £2.2bn, analysis has found.
🔗 telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Congratulations to @bevcraig that was a convincing win. Based on no small part i would suspect on your work at @ManCityCouncil where you will take some replacing as indeed you will @LGA_Labour group.
Maybe worth asking @LGAcomms to update this, may save Whitehall a couple of years
Rewiring Public Services youtu.be/09SLw1rAUpo?si=3GIY… via @YouTube @andyburnham managed to get an old copy of the Rewiring Public Services presentation. Hope this comes through, iim well out of my IT comfort zone terms to share this.
Absolutely agree. Always gently spoken, with only good to say, although sometimes would be silent on people or situations. When I first entered the @UKHouseofLords Lord Horam (was years later before I had the confidence to call him John) was one of the kindest Peers I met.
