Beadle backs 'fair pay deal' for police
A senior Newcastle Liberal Democrat is backing the 'Fair Pay for Police Officers' campaign.
6 Sep 2007
Kent Trading Standards Warning on OFT Phone Scam
Kent Trading Standards has been made aware of a scam involving consumers being telephoned by people alleging to be from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) asking for personal and financial information. This includes asking for bank account details in order for the OFT "to reclaim bank charges on behalf of consumers".
5 Sep 2007
Cllr Hardy's letter on county merger
So Brentwood borough is now set to lose its identity in a virtual amalgamation with a county council which has a hundred times its budget and a hundred times more clout! This marriage of inconvenience involving the appointment of the Essex county chief executive also as chief executive of Brentwood council might bring into play conflicts of interest in which the larger partner would likely prevail. This experiment could go badly wrong.
DH
5 Sep 2007
Cllr Kendall's letter on county merger
The Conservative masters of spin are hard at work as they do their best to convince us of their latest cunning plan. One minute they are telling us what a great job Brentwood Borough Council is doing providing local services. Next minute they are announcing that the Borough Council is going into a joint partnership with Essex County Council to provide a one stop shop for local services. They follow this up with the news that we are going to have one Chief Executive running both authorities, who just happens to be the County's Chief Executive.
DK
5 Sep 2007
Brentwood Liberal Democrats call for referendum
Cllr David Kendall, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Brentwood Borough council, has asked for the following motion to be put forward at the special council meeting on 11th September 2007:
5 Sep 2007
LIB DEMS DEMAND ACTION ON MEDIA FREEDOM IN CHINA
Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council are demanding that the Chinese government is pressured over the lack of media freedom currently allowed in China and it also has concerns about the 30,000 foreign journalists who will be in China to report on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The group is urging the county's administration to use its links with Jiangsu Province in China to press for increased freedom of expression in the Chinese media.
5 Sep 2007