Dr Dave McKenna

NALC invites parish and town councillors to shape the future of the 21st-century councillor We are calling on parish and town councillors to take part in a major national event examining what it means to be a 21st-century councillor

NALC invites parish and town councillors to shape the future of the 21st-century councillor

www.nalc.gov.uk/resource/nal...

Business travel tip here.

I carry a couple of those wooden forks and spoons for supermarket takeaway meals and a decaf coffee sachet.

Also, a very nice chip shop 🎣

Public housing by the sea 👍

My first local government job was as a housing officer working out of the Townhill estate office. I learnt a lot! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Ed Hammond: Governance after 25 years of scrutiny

Twenty five years ago councils were implementing exec arrangements and overview and scrutiny as a result of the Local Government Act of 2000. But as @se13ed.bsky.social points out, the legislation was playing catch-up with innovative councils www.lgcplus.com/politics/gov...

The cover is bright red. A black and white photo of a family grouped together and looking rightwards (forwards to the future?) is superimposed over a yellow outline of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Wakefield, the County Town, is the only town marked on this map. The heading in a black lozenge-shaped box at the top is Meet Your County Council. Graphic design and image credits: Uncredited Taken from: Meet Your County Council - The West Riding of Yorkshire Published by: The Bureau of Current Affairs in association with the County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire Date: Undated, but appears to be c.1949

The coat of arms of the West Riding of Yorkshire on a black background. At the top is a golden crown. The shield as a red bar at the top with three white roses in a line. The rest of the shield below is white with a large white rose on a representation of the sun. Graphic design and image credits: Uncredited Taken from: Meet Your County Council - The West Riding of Yorkshire Published by: The Bureau of Current Affairs in association with the County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire Date: Undated, but appears to be c.1949

Th rear cover of the book is red with a white rose in the middle. The text, either side of the rose says "The West Riding of Yorkshire" Graphic design and image credits: Uncredited Taken from: Meet Your County Council - The West Riding of Yorkshire Published by: The Bureau of Current Affairs in association with the County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire Date: Undated, but appears to be c.1949

Here is a fascinating document from the the late 1940s. It was produced for the County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire by the Bureau of Current Affairs and is a digest of information and statistics about the Council. It picks up on a number of interesting themes... 🧵

I, for one, am a fan. More of these please 🚂

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Watched it again at the weekend. Brilliant film IMO. but yes, also funny.

But what about Police and Crime Panels, I hear you say? (1/)

This benchmark (if you can spot it) adorns a Tudor mansion once visited by Shelley. It’s not clear if the purpose of the visit was to view the benchmark, but let’s say it was.

#politics

Benchmark with autumn leaves 🖼️

A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.

This one is on the gate post of a school. My old school actually, funny I never noticed it before 🤷‍♂️

This one is on a wall in front of a Sainsbury. Someone has tried to highlight it with white paint.

Yes, have had a look at these and they show several benchmarks that don’t seem to exist anymore. Catch them while you can!

Good luck 🫡

Ooh, on your street! Jealous!

So, this one is on a trough which must be pretty rare, yes?

That one is definitely on our todo list 👍

Nice. What are you going to see? ⚱️

21st Century Councillors event - CfGS We’re excited to share news of a free 21st Century Councillor event taking place in Andover on 4 November – giving councillors and officers the chance to discuss how elected members can adapt, lead…

21st Century Councillors event - check it out!

www.cfgs.org.uk/21st-century...

Great project. Lovely that this article acknowledges the work in this space already done by @mapio.cymru and others

I've seen a couple of polls recently showing that public sector workers - or as Matt Goodwin has it, the new elite - have very different social attitudes to the rest of us. To which I say meh. Of course they do, and we should be very glad of it.

I’m at the National Tenant Scrutiny Conference. @louisemholt.bsky.social is doing the intro 💃🕺

#tpasconf25

This one was on a wall near me that I’d looked at a couple of times. Found it now.

Quietly sitting on a wall by a main road hoping nobody will notice.

Here is one hidden behind some ivy. Not any more….