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
Regional Yorkshire/Humberside AGM today. Skipton & Ripon well represented at AGM and as officers for 2011.
Well done to Andy Rankine for being re-elected on the Executive Committee for the Region and for his re-election to represent Yorkshire/Humberside at the English Council. Well done too to Helen Flynn on being elected to the Regional Policy Committee.
13 Nov 2010
Additional Council Help for Small Rural Businesses
As Mayor I am committed to supporting business across the Borough, and this week Finance Portfolio Holder Cllr Michael Headley announced our move to give additional financial help to small rural businesses. We are amending the Council's policy and making a financial commitment to ensure that small rural businesses who receive rural rate relief are not disqualified from receiving further small business rate relief to which they would otherwise be entitled.
13 Nov 2010
Kent Fire & Rescue Service: Towards 2020
On 8th November Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority published its draft plans for the future in a document called Towards 2020, which is now available at www.kent.fire-uk.org.
13 Nov 2010
Joint Regional Conference - Workshop Timetable now available
The Workshop Timetable is now available and can be downloaded by clicking on Download Conference Papers and Booking Forms menu item on left.
13 Nov 2010
Nick Clegg: Poverty plus a pound isn't enough
All governments promise welfare reform. Very few deliver. In 1997 Labour promised to "cut the bills of social failure" and to "make work pay". But during its 13 years in office the welfare bill rose by 40% to £87bn. People moving into work can still lose more than 90% of every pound they earn: a punitive tax burden on the shoulders of the poor.
13 Nov 2010
Town Centre Comes to A Standstill for Armistice Service
It was an honour to be involved in the Armistice Service in the town centre yesterday, which saw hundreds of people in town stop to observe the service and pay their respects to fallen soldiers from wars past and present. The services can never fail to be deeply moving, and all involved, from the Standard Bearers to the Salvation Army Band Members and all veterans present combined to ensure that the eleventh hour hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month was marked in fitting fashion.
12 Nov 2010