Welcome...

... to the start of something that I hope you'll find interesting.

Having worked on Localgov.co.uk for over a year now - and with quite a few exciting developments around the corner - I thought it would be helpful to establish this blog to keep users aware of new site features and, more importantly, to get your feedback.

I've had some interesting and fruitful chats with users over the last 12 months or so and some of the suggestions have already been incorporated into our on-going improvement programme. Others have been factored into further developments.

However, this blog will not just be about the site. It'll give me, and you, an opportunity to comment on issues affecting the local government sector. A good number of you have aired your views directly in response to articles on the site and I was keen to carry this over to the blog.

In common with the site comment, you will have the option to post anonymously if you wish, as I realise that some of you are constrained by your employers. That said, please keep things clean... and legal!