The March 2017 agreement ended a very public, and damaging dispute between Derby City Council and UNISON/School Support/Teaching Assistant staff. This was agreed shortly after Cllr Baggy Shanker became involved, and his […]
When I first spoke to Sharon Turner, the founder of High 5 recruitment, I was impressed by the social conscience angle to her business. Yes, she is fundamentally about matching people with […]
The Derby Telegraph has reported that the new War Memorial in Mackworth has cost £18,000 funded by s106 money ( contributions by house builders into the community). It is correct to say […]
On 20th September 2017, in Full Council, Cllr Paul Bayliss ( Labour Alvaston, ex-Leader of the Council, and Deputy Mayor) made a statement regarding a complaint (re: refuse worker pay , and […]
On Thursday of last week, Derby City Council’s Planning Control Committee granted planning permission for the experimental testing, of a new pyrothermic technology, for a 12 month period in a (incinerator) plant […]
Some of the highest rates of exclusions from Derby’s schools are of girls from the Roma community – yet they want to be at school, and get an education. Why is there […]
Media reports of the potential imminent closure of the Derby Women’s Centre ignored one vital fact. There is another Charity in Derby that was established 15 years ago, is thriving, well-funded, available […]
This is the full transcript of the “motion”, written by Cllr Pegg, tabled at the Labour Group meeting on Tuesday night….and voted upon. See : Derby Labour Group propose a “Vote of […]
This week at a meeting of the Labour Group of Councillors ( including local party members) a motion was tabled of “No confidence” in Cllr Banwait, as Leader of the Labour Group […]
As one its 50 Pledges, the Council committed to communicate a £250,000 programme of cultural events by “Summer 2017”, including a “Cultural Charter” Summer has now gone…. Thus far, the commitment has […]
