Once again Cllr Paul Pegg has been found skirting with reality in his recollection of the facts of history. At the Council meeting on 14th September 2016 a question was asked about […]
Derby City Council’s new external auditors, Ernst & Young, have issued a very critical interim report( 23 September 2016) about the way that the Council has been managing its finances for the […]
The Teaching Assistant / School Support staff dispute is in grid-lock with Derby City Council – there is another strike this week! Background If the Schools Support staff were asked to accept […]
It would seem that the Mayor of Derby doesn’t know whether to be sympathetic to the cause of the Teaching Assistants, or to be offended by a banner which one parent felt […]
The annual street festival was back in Derby with a collection of some very strange, weird, astounding , and wonderful acts. It never disappoints!
In June 2015, Marta was part of a high profile demonstration organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) at the House of Commons that tried to storm Prime Minister’s Question Time. For […]
Dear Cllr Banwait I have seen the response that you have sent to the Teaching Assistants who have written to you complaining about the unresolved pay dispute. Your letter deals with many […]
Attention! Women born in the 1950s! You should be concerned, and annoyed about your state pension (SP). If you thought you were getting it at 60, after a lifetime of hard work, […]
In the Full Council meeting today, Cllr Ruth Skelton (Lib Dem) proposed a motion to volunteer Derby as a pilot area for implementing improvements to combat electoral fraud. This was based on […]
Today the Teaching Assistants / Schools Support Staff are on strike for the first time, in the new term. Anyone who thought that the school holidays would dampen their resolve is very […]
Following discussions between Derby City Council (DCC) and UNISON on Friday 9th September ( which proved to be unsatisfactory) and in an attempt to head off the Strike action planned for next […]
The Derby Labour Party rhetoric is that, Council funding has been cut, for the last 6 years, since the Conservative Party came to power in 2010, leading to a reduction in services. […]
The Grant Thornton report issued in June 2016 referred to the “fractious” political culture within the Council, and within the Chamber. The opposition group leaders would attribute the start of this to […]
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