Momentum Derbyshire has issued a statement that must come as a welcome boost to the Teaching Assistants(TAs), and School Support staff who have been in dispute with Derby City Council over pay […]
The Teaching Assistant (TA) / School Support staff strike action continued today with the Mackworth Ward being the target – it is home to Labour Cllrs Pegg, Whitby, and Froggatt. The striking […]
At 17:22 hrs on Friday 14 March 2014, a fire broke out in the air handling unit supplying the Assembly Rooms; it was totally destroyed. According to BB7, an organisation who was […]
At September’s Full Council meeting, Cllr Ruth Skelton (Lib Dem) proposed a motion to address Derby’s poor reputation over electoral fraud, following the Pickles report: “Council resolves to write to Government to […]
Pear Tree Medical Centre has recently been awarded the prestigious “Outstanding” rating by the Care Quality Commission ( CQC – independent regulator for quality in health and social care in England) which […]
“Having met other young people with similar, and completely contrasting conditions to my own, my dream and my vision for my future changed almost overnight, to one where I can help others, […]
Following Derby News investigation into the grant given to Cllr Pegg’s MECA organisation, by the Police and Crime Commissioner, he has been told to give back £1800, of the £19306 he was […]
Over 2700 people have signed a petition to save the Alvaston Park Mad Hatter’s cafe….and counting. Link to the Petition HERE Brian Farthing, the lead petitioner, arranged a meeting with the Council […]
Aneurin Bevan, who spearheaded the formation of the National Health Service in 1948, was quoted as saying from the outset, “We shall never have all we need. Expectations will always exceed capacity. […]
In the most recent Budget consultation (published 12 December 2016) , it states that £28m cuts are required over the next 3 years from 2017/18. For the sake of clarity – there […]
The consultation on the re-structuring of the City’s libraries closes today. The Council’s preferred Option (B) does not stand up to much financial scrutiny…there is a questionable £400k gap. The solution is […]
Cllr Banwait provided some insightful comment in Full Council on 23rd November 2016: “When elected members look at making decisions, the first thing they think about, and, you know – we all […]
Local charity Children First Derby have been successful in securing 3 years of funding from Children in Need and the Henry Smith Foundation to continue with 2 of their key programmes ; […]
Between 1989-1991 the Council decided to install 3 automatic, single toilet units on 30 year contracts at a total forward rental cost to the Tax payer of £1.9m. This was being paid […]
For a Council that is having to monitor revenue spending very closely, then the business cases for these significant projects, need to be robust and transparent. We look forward to the point […]
At the end of his Mayoral year, Cllr Paul Pegg told the Council Chamber on the 18th May 2016 “Thanks to an anonymous donation of £50,000, I have raised over £60,000″ The […]
Previously the Council had advised that they could not provide numbers regarding the savings attributable to Moorways. In a further request they have supplied this breakdown which supports the numbers ( more […]
As soon as Cllr Banwait stood up in the chamber last night to propose the motion on the change to the electoral cycle he made it clear that he knew he was […]
We can be assured that Banwait’s focus on changing the electoral cycle is not for broader democratic reasons, or cost savings, its being done to favour his own long-term leadership aspirations. He […]
Lisa Higginbottom of Brilliant Communities, and Matt McGuiness of Furthest From the Sea had a bright idea a few weeks ago. In the face of the Council cancelling the very popular, annual, […]
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