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Paul Wheeler

Paul Wheeler

Paul Wheeler is director of the Political Skills Forum and writes on local politics

Articles by Paul Wheeler

Learning from Berlin

By Paul Wheeler | 10 February 2016

As the Housing Bill works its way through the Lords, Paul Wheeler explains why local government c...

A new tax for a new era

By Paul Wheeler | 12 January 2016

Paul Wheeler calls on councils to work more closely with businesses to campaign for new taxes tha...

Keep your eyes peeled

By Paul Wheeler | 25 November 2015

With councils under unrelenting pressure to remain transparent, Paul Wheeler looks at other publi...

A tenant conundrum

By Paul Wheeler | 30 October 2015

Paul Wheeler explains how councils need to be supporting local tenants

More local government voices needed in Lords

By Paul Wheeler | 30 September 2015

We should push for more local government voices in the existing House of Lords, argues director o...

The shift in local politics

By Paul Wheeler | 03 September 2015

Whisper it softly but the tectonic plates of local politics are beginning to shift, writes Paul W...

Primary duties

By Paul Wheeler | 03 June 2015

Now the dust has settled after the General Election, local politics seems to have acquired a few ...

Deflating buy to let

By Paul Wheeler | 05 May 2015

Talk of 'affordable housing' is Orwellian doublespeak while rents soak up half of tenants income,...

Gambling on the electorate

By Paul Wheeler | 28 April 2015

What will be the outcome of this year’s General Election? Whoever wins, the results will have pro...

Housing gain

By Paul Wheeler | 09 April 2015

The General Election and the subsequent mayoral contest bring the opportunity for the 32 boroughs...