The very active New Zealand Community Association (New Zealand is a section of the Mackworth ward south of the A38) invited all May 2016 candidates for the Mackworth ward to attend a […]
The 1st in a series of 6 interviews with a Derby City Council candidate from each Party who has not served on the Council. The Derby Labour Party were contacted to be […]
In the latest literature from the Derby Labour Party: It mentions in bold, after the statement, about the £116m that “They ( Tory Govt) have now demanded a further cut of £45m.” […]
Derby Labour Party is handing out leaflets which state “Since the Tories came to power £116m has been slashed from services in Derby. They have now demanded a further cut of £45m”. […]
Careful planning for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is one of Derby City Council‘s critical “Must Do’s” ( 2015-18 Plan) In my article last year “Special Educational Needs : Derby City […]
Obtained under Freedom of Information – this is the full list of all expenses claimed in 2015. I must confess, I was expecting it to be a longer list, and to be […]
Which seats are up for re-election? What is the state of each party? Which seats have all new candidates? A simple chart summarising the position at the moment with Labour having 29 […]
Just over 3 years ago, when the Council presented the budget for 2013/14 – it told the people of Derby it needed to save £62m over the following 3 years. At that […]
In October 2014 the Council reported that £69m cuts needed to be made in the 3 years following 2014/15. 2015/16 – £22m ; 2016/17 – £24m ; 2017/18 – £23m – due […]
Over the last few months the Council leadership has repeated the position that the Tory budget cuts have meant that, now, only statutory services can be supplied, and that all non-statutory activities […]
“I would say I was existing. I was clean, I was fed, I was put to bed….so, just fed and watered. I didn’t feel like a complete human being….I didn’t feel complete.” […]
This chart, based on an independent examination by the Treasury, concluded that the £200,000 paid by Derby City Council to the Citizens Advice Bureau, would save £3 million elsewhere in the Council […]
Cllr Banwait tells us that the Council’s finances have been destroyed by the Tory Government and that the 100% cuts to the Voluntary Sector Grants, Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB), as well as […]
Anyone who has anything more than a passing interest in the behaviour of the Derby City Council Labour Leadership will be well aware of the constant politicking taken in every nook and […]
I absolutely agree with Councillor Banwait when he criticised the Tory Councillors for proposing a motion at this evening’s Council meeting to ‘Save Moorways’. I totally agree that this gave the campaigners, […]
In a previous article I questioned whether the Council had full knowledge of the facts in support of their decision to cut Voluntary, Community and Faith (VCF) Grants. The first of my […]
Home-lessness is often confused with House-lessness, and the belief that to be homeless means that someone therefore lives on the street. This is part of the paradox. There are very few true […]
During the Cabinet agenda item on February 10th about the Voluntary Sector Grants cuts, Cllr Jones made the valid point that the Council had indicated that they would offer “mitigating actions” to […]
“JET’s survival could only be secured by remarkable and individual actions…..This is particularly true of the Sharief family who have donated £39,600 over the last 3 years to JET” (Quote from JET’S […]
The Council Cabinet sounds like an auspicious public body where brave, controversial decisions are made with open, independent and vibrant debate. Where the elected representatives stand their ground, speak on behalf of […]
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