http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/11/20/politics_on_the_rates/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/11/20/politics_on_the_rates/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Guidelines confetti - a few observations « Local Democracy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:03:29 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-3 [...] been planning to do this blog for years, but the thing that finally nudged me to get on with it was this story (my first post) about how an MP’s online allowance was docked by the Parliamentary authorities because he [...] [...] been planning to do this blog for years, but the thing that finally nudged me to get on with it was this story (my first post) about how an MP’s online allowance was docked by the Parliamentary authorities because he [...]

]]> http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/11/20/politics_on_the_rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2 New rules on local government publicity? « Local Democracy Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:48:39 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-2 [...] I hope that Hazel Blears looks at more than just the rules though. Local government needs more than just a tinkering with the restrictions, because in local government, such restrictions are often eagerly anticipated and grasped with both hands. The assumption that really needs questioning is the one where the idea that a provision of online help necessarily amounts to the same thing as providing councill.... [...] [...] I hope that Hazel Blears looks at more than just the rules though. Local government needs more than just a tinkering with the restrictions, because in local government, such restrictions are often eagerly anticipated and grasped with both hands. The assumption that really needs questioning is the one where the idea that a provision of online help necessarily amounts to the same thing as providing councill…. [...]

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