Humour

08 March 2016

All eyes will be on Salford Quays tonight when stand-up comedian Mark Thomas has threatened to br...

PENSIONS

Corridors of Power

08 March 2016

Conservative Party policy officer Leo Lonsdale is enjoying a pint of Old Peculiar with Tory const...

HEALTH

White Van Man on . . . new healthy towns

01 March 2016

When I read that the NHS was going to help develop ten new ‘healthy’ towns I had to check it wasn...

Getting their goat

01 March 2016

You might think Diary is kidding. But have you herd the one about the council that fired a flock ...

FINANCE

Droning on

01 March 2016

Some might say it was only a matter of time before a local authority mooted replacing its elected...

HUMOUR

What a hashtag!

01 March 2016

While The MJ is a UK-based publication, Diary has been known to take note of international affair...

WHITEHALL

White Van Man on . . . the NHS

23 February 2016

I’m a simple geezer and I know what I don’t know, if you get my drift.

HUMOUR

Full Marx for Marc

23 February 2016

In the midst of a fairly lacklustre Lincolnshire CC council meeting webcast, a slice of humour wa...

FINANCE

Hold the line, caller

23 February 2016

We all know that local government likes a bit of a whinge… don’t we all… particularly about the D...

PLANNING

Setting a blue-green scene

23 February 2016

For many years the city of Newcastle has been closely associated with the black and white stripes...

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