Local Authority Bloggers @BloggersLocal
A support group for local authority bloggers fighting for Council transparency. Quote tweets and retweets are not endorsements. Friendly lawyers please follow! Joined March 2021-
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Substantially UPDATED today and now a much more polished and compelling read: neilwilby.com/2025/03/16/exp…
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For past 16 years I've held a fair few police forces to account, but never come across one, at close quarters, as lazy, inept and institutionally dishonest as @LancsPolice. First of a series of searing Neil Wilby Media articles, due out next week, will only begin to scratch the…
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: The Local Government "Independent Person" rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-lo… @footie_lass @salford_mayor @tomstannard @MySalford @paul_heilbron @RJCritchley @SalfordNow @ArnoldSaunders85305 #Salford @ProjektProsper #sandwell @JimfromOldham
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: The Local Government "Independent Person" rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-lo… @TimMinogue @themjcouk @LocGovLawyer @LLGLegal @sandwellcouncil @SalfordCouncil @LGAcomms @LGANews @localgoveditors @mhclg @BradleyThomasUK #sandwell @sra_solicitors
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: Dorset MO "right" to intercept private emails sent... rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2024/08/dorset… COUNCILLORS BEWARE! @Cllr_suleman @CllrDickCole @LucyJMcDaid @TrevorBevins @councillorjoe @BillRevans @Olton_Mike @Bridgwater_Lab @CllrCarpenter @Bobby_Alden
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: Dorset MO "right" to intercept private emails sent... rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2024/08/dorset… ELECTED COUNCILLORS BEWARE! @PaulCanal2010 @AnnaSLynch @bevcraig @LGAChiefExec @Cllr_robstewart @InsideCroydon @CllrDRodwell @CllrJohnnyDenis @bournemouthburd
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: Dorset MO "right" to intercept private emails sent... rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2024/08/dorset… @TimMinogue @LocGovLawyer @LLGLegal @dorset_eye #Dorset @5RB @LGANews @SpeechUnion @themjcouk @lawsocgazette @eldiablo0786 @skwawkbox @AngelaRayner
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: Tribunal & ICO provide succour for bent councils rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2024/08/tribun… @gsjosan @antoniabance @SarahCoombesWB @alexballi_ @DarrylMagher
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@BloggersLocal @PhilHoult @Adamwwcarey @publiclawprojct @localgoveditors @lawsocgazette ICO is a useless kwango, just like the press complaints. @LabourFiles
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Revealed: worst-performing council in England — see where yours ranks….and so it begins. This article starts by comparing Nottingham City performance to a rural district in Devon. 🤷 thetimes.co.uk/article/8a3193…
Dorset Council spend £1m a month on agency workers and consultants dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23239367.… This from early 2023 - but #Tory Dorset Council still dishing out temporary contracts "outside" the @comensura_uk contract!
As the Crow Flies!: Monitoring The Monitoring Officer - A Case Study crowmultimedia.blogspot.com/2021/12/monito… @LGANews @LocGovLawyer @thepsenews @LLGLegal @themjcouk @sra_solicitors @lawsocgazette
Rotten Council Governance - Legal Review: ICO: Tribunal LPP Strike Out bid fails rottencouncils.blogspot.com/2023/12/ico-tr… @publiclawprojct @PrivacyMatters @5RB @DoughtyStPublic @TheLawSociety @TheLawyermag @LeighDay_Law @CCNOffice @neilwilby @luhc @michaelgove @LGOmbudsman
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Professional body needed for monitoring officers, alongside increased training and sanction powers, says new research report localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/governance/396… via @@LocGovLawyer What is needed is MO's being taken out of local councils into a regional body.
Oswald the ... @ProjektProsper
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Michelle Beaumont @MissMichelle00
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Bill Revans 🔶 @BillRevans
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Cllr Martin Brooks @martinibrooks
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Darryl Magher 🔱 @DarrylMagher
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Neil Wilby @Neil_Wilby
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Robin Allen @RobinAllenKC
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Dan Peters @DanatTheMJ
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Graeme McDonald @McDonaldGraeme
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The MJ @themjcouk
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Sally Robertson @sal_robertson
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Ben Taylor @BenJLTaylor
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Bill Revans 🔶 @BillRevans
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Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK
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Jack Lenox 🌍 @GreenPartyJack
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Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones
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Association of Green ... @GreenCllrs
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LGA Lib Dems @libdemlocalgov
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Cllr Martin Brooks @martinibrooks
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El Diablo @eldiablo0786
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Solace @Solace_UK
8K Followers 1K Following Solace is the UK’s leading membership network for public sector & local gov professionals.
LGIU @LGiU
13K Followers 7K Following LGIU (Local Government Information Unit) is no longer posting on X. You can keep up to date with what we are doing on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
James Maker @james_maker
2K Followers 3K Following #localgov Director of Policy & Communications @CCNoffice. Dad, Husband. Big West Ham fan. @GalleywoodYouth U8 Ospreys Manager. My views etc
Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner
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Localgov.co.uk @localgoveditors
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Dorset Council UK @DorsetCouncilUK
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Birmingham Green Part... @Brumgreens
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Ministry of Housing, ... @mhclg
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Tom Bristow @TomSBristow
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governanceworks @governanceworks
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Privacy Matters @PrivacyMatters
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George Greenwood @GeorgeGreenwood
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Campaign for Freedom ... @CampaignFoI
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Private Eye Magazine @PrivateEyeNews
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Neil Wilby @Neil_Wilby
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Young Legal Aid Lawye... @YLALawyers
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