Dear Cllr Banwait Being booed by a public gallery full of parents of children with special educational needs must be a first for a Leader of Derby City Council! These were not […]
The Derby Parent / Carer Forum ( an organisation led by, and for, parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in the City – funded by Department of Education) ran a […]
Tomorrow will be another day of strikes across the City as a result of the Teaching Assistant dispute over pay cuts. It is important that there is a plan in place which […]
Following the consultation on the subject of Day Centres and Care Homes, the decision was taken at the December 2016 Cabinet meeting to offer them to 3rd Parties to own and operate. […]
Over the last few years, the Council has claimed that it saves £100,000 pa by cancelling bin collections over the Xmas period. You might wonder, how a saving of this magnitude could […]
Whilst battle lines continue to be re-drawn between Derby City Council and UNISON over the Teaching Assistant dispute, and the negotiations remain intractable, it is the Parents and some of the most […]
After nearly 18 months of a dispute, and 7 months of strike action, there is still much confusion over the facts, the root cause, and why negotiations are locked. There is a […]
Children with Special Educational Needs are a declared priority for Derby City Council, and specified as a “Must Do” in its 2015-18 Plan: “… responding to the demands of legislative changes including; […]
The Derwent by-election activity is gathering pace and it will be an intense and close campaign ; the Conservatives won in May 2016 by just 3 votes. The Labour Party are taking […]
Can there really be anyone left in Derby who actually believes that this Labour Council is doing a good job for this City? Is there anyone who feels purposefully led by Cllr […]
A protest was arranged today at 1.30pm by the Parents affected by the TA/School Support staff dispute in the Council reception. Also in attendance, were TAs and UNISON. It was a noisy […]
Last Saturday, a small protest took place outside the Mad Hatter’s cafe in Alvaston Park over Derby City Council’s decision not to extend the £5500 pa lease on the property. The extension […]
Cllr Pegg just doesn’t know how to say ‘sorry’. Despite being found guilty of disrespecting some of his constituents, and being instructed to send a letter of apology, he manages to intimidate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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