The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust have been working for over 25 years to reinstate canal ways in Derby. It is a well-funded, professionally run, charitable organisation. A few years ago they […]
On the 15th March 2022 Derby City Council proudly announced “Plans for Derby’s new performance venue hit a new milestone as contracts are signed”. Derby’s new £45.8m performance venue has reached a […]
At last Monday’s Council meeting, Cllr Poulter, the Leader of the Council, accused Cllr Shanker, the Leader of the Labour group, of “gerrymandering”. He also described the behaviour of Shanker as “shocking” […]
On 28th February 2022, at the Full Council meeting, all 51 Derby City Councillors will vote on the Budget/Financial Plan for the next 3 years. Do they understand what they’re voting on? […]
A previous Derby News article “Market Hall transformation: Council needs at least another £15m to complete it” ( Nov 2020) summarised the on-going cost escalation of the Market Hall project: 2017 – […]
“The current single biggest risk that the Council faces is the cost and demands for Children’s Social Care” “…this is of significant risk to the Council’s financial sustainability.” Quotes from the Council’s […]
The fate of the Allestree Golf Course was sealed 15 months before it actually closed. In September 2019 the Cabinet approved a “preferred bidder” whose proposal was to renovate Allestree Hall and […]
In a previous Derby News article “Dubrek Studios’ community facility to be demolished and made ‘homeless’ by Council’s flawed planning” (Nov 7th 2021) I referred to the fact that the Council was […]
On Wednesday 8th December 2021 the Chief Finance Officer, Simon Riley, will present a paper to Cabinet for approval which does not withstand a basic level of scrutiny. It can be stated […]
The planned £45m Becketwell Performance Venue comes at a price for 2 community facilities in Derby – the Padley Centre, and Dubrek Studios. The neighbouring properties, situated on Becket Street, are both […]
As a representative democracy, Derby City Council is broken! The democracy begins and ends with an annual vote; there is little in the way of “representation” in policy and decision making. Derby […]
At the Cabinet Meeting on the 6th October 2021 Cllr Shanker disclosed that Senior Officers were staring at a £27m “Black hole” in the Council’s finances – less than a year after […]
OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission are returning to Derby this week to perform a joint inspection of how the Council carries out its statutory duties in relation to children and young […]
On November 25th 2020, Derby City Council unanimously passed a resolution to formally recognise the Independence of the Republic of Artsakh ( Nagorno-Karabakh). The 1st City in the United Kingdom to pass […]
Students at Severns Rental Agency’s Radford Mill “luxury student accommodation” in Nottingham are complaining. Apart from the flats not living up to expectations, facilities being delayed, and coloured running water, the Agency […]
Last Thursday Derby City Council Planning committee followed officer advice and granted planning permission to change the use of the Sinfin Moor Social Club from a ‘social club’ to a ‘place of […]
For the past 4 years I have been writing about how Derby City Council’s Special Education Needs (SEN) provision for children has fallen woefully below standard. How the development of children with […]
At last night’s Full Council meeting 2 motions were tabled, by Labour and UKIP, which called on the Council Cabinet to terminate the contract with Resource Recovery Solutions. the contractor for the […]
By law every child is entitled to an “appropriate education” regardless of ability. The Council, legally, has to take the necessary steps to provide schooling that recognises the needs of the individual […]
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