Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Utility Companies Ordered to Return and Fix Their Repair Jobs
Utility companies and others who have dug up the borough's roads are being ordered to return after checks by the Council found more than a third of road reinstatements were not up to standard.
29 Nov 2013
Front Line Comes First in Three-Year Savings Plan
Earlier this month, my Cabinet agreed savings of over £18 million over the coming three-year period, as a vital contribution to the need for further vast spending reductions in that period in the face of unprecedented cuts to Council funding and rising demand for services.
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29 Nov 2013
MP backs Small Business Saturday
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is backing Small Business Saturday next week.
29 Nov 2013
Are you getting your warm home discount? Asks Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is reminding constituents to check their energy bills to make sure they are receiving Warm Home discount if they are entitled to it.
29 Nov 2013
Worthen Report for November
THE COUNCIL I have long had serious concerns about the depth and scope of the cuts Shropshire Council are making to services in our area but things are now poised to get worse. As part of attempts to cut the UK Government's spending deficit Shropshire was asked to cut £40 million from its spending for this year but instead is cutting £80 million. Worse it is going to sell off virtually all its existing property and create whit is calls a 'virtual council' using rented property as accommodation. Whilst there is some spare property that should be sold,selling everything will only mean a short term gain with the taxpayer loosing out in the long term as we end up paying for rental on expensive commercial property for an indefinite period. There also seems to be no strategy in place to manage the Council's redundancy programme either with many Departments, Planning for instance, loosing too many members of staff for it to function properly. .
28 Nov 2013
New B & Q Means More Local Choice and More Local Jobs
Earlier this month, I was invited to help mark the opening of Bedford's own B&Q store, which sits on a newly-developed site across the roundabout from Kempston Interchange Retail Park. This large new store will be welcomed by shoppers, with new choice and competition introduced. Crucially, the new store creates ninety new jobs, and as store manager Lee Carter explained to me, the vast majority of those recruited are local.
28 Nov 2013