Up to 13,000 landlords in one east London borough have failed to declare their rental income to the Government, the local council has found. Local Gov News 14th August 2017 We only know this because Newham has a compulsory landlord registration scheme. In Trafford there is no landlord…

Jen Williams is continually showing that great journalism doesn’t have to be London based. It’s worth reading the linked article from the Manchester Evening News. On the mayor, I haven’t changed my view. Only someone of the stature of Andy Burnham has a chance of making it work.…

Just a flavour of some of my current casework. I’ve removed names from an email I’ve sent. Euroterminal I’ve been approached separately by a few people regarding increased noise, particularly in evenings and night. There seems to be increased noise from stationery trains close to the football stadium.…

Scrutiny Our first scrutiny meeting of the council year was on Wednesday last week. Scrutiny is often about small gains/changes. The hard truth is if you want to make a real difference, you need to win elections and it’s now 15 years since we came out of an…