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  • Second March Report

    Quite a lot has happened since the budget earlier this month.  These reports are getting more rambling I think but I am working on the basis of write them fast and get them done. NFFC It looks like they are staying up which is good news for lots of reasons but mainly because I think…

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  • Is it March? Time seems to be standing still so much is happening. The international news is appalling particularly for those of us who have friends or family in the area. I am sad to admit I have reached the point where I feel that I have no real idea what is going on anymore,…

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  • February 2026

    Sorry this is a brief report but that is partly because there is a lot going on. Though most of my time is spent with dealing with potholes and related issues at the moment. We have the County Budget to get to grips with. I know I asked some people in the CLP to look…

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  • September 2025

    The Full Council meetings since the summer have been downright depressing. There was a meeting on Local Government Reorganisation (2nd Sept ) <a href="http://<a href="http://Youtube pm <a href="http://<a href="http://Youtube am Comment on city at about 1’15 The leading group voted with Tories to put Rushcliffe with north Notts,  and Gedling and Broxtowe with the City.…

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  • Local Government Reorganisation- It’s simple

    Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is an opportunity to improve delivery of our local services and undo mistakes made when the City was split from the rest of the County 30 years ago. But  unfortunately it seems the process is being undermined by people on all sides of the political spectrum. I wrote a long blog…

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  • Notts CC: Report on Health Scrutiny Committee 1st July 2025 update

    Because there are now so few councillors, some party members with particular areas of expertise are helping us to keep abreast of all the meetings, to make sure nothing falls through the net. The following a report from a member on the Health Scrutiny Meeting on 1st July. She has inspired me to try to…

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  • Thank you, Mr Mayor. The Labour Group have submitted an amendment to the recommendations set out by this administration for Rushcliffe’s vision for local government reorganisation — because we believe this proposal is unbalanced, is based on bad data and potentially damaging to not only Rushcliffe but also the wider Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.  Unfortunately, despite our…

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  • “When people realistically look at what the county and districts and boroughs do, they’ll realise the borough doesn’t have much responsibility, yet somewhere like Rushcliffe is holding onto a lot of money.”

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  • The first 6 weeks at County Hall

    This is just a quick post to fill in on what has happened. Unfortunately we did not gain any councillors in the Mansfield North by election last week, despite a heroic effort by many people there. Canvassing there made it clear that Labour has a lot of work to do to win back people’s trust…

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