87.5% good news for the Liberal Democrats in this week’s council by-elections
Another busy week of by-elections with a Lib Dem defence, a Ukip defence, two Labour defences and four Conservative defences...
6 Oct 2017
National News
Woodchurch Road fly-tipping
Oxton Focus Team member Allan Brame has demanded action on appalling fly-tipping behind the busisest road in the area. Behind the...
AB
6 Oct 2017
Police action on Townfield gang
The Oxton FOCUS Team has taken up issues of anti-social behaviour in the area around the Townfield shops.
AB
6 Oct 2017
HOW DO WE CREATE AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEM FOR THE MANY NOT JUST FOR THE FEW?
Political party conferences nowadays tend to be febrile, incestuous affairs that have little relation to reality and more to do with show business. Most are stage managed to the nth degree (nearly always) in order to paint the party in the best light. Policy making has no longer much of a role to play. Political anoraks love them. Most of us just ignore them. Personally speaking, as a fairly engaged 'politician' for over 40 years, I only ever attended one. This autumn's crop has followed the pretty dismal pattern, except in one aspect. For the first time in decades politicians of the right have actually felt it necessary to defend an economic and political system that has been more or less the only show in town since the demise of communism nearly thirty years ago.
JM
6 Oct 2017
How to improve educational attainment in Suffolk
"The percentage of schools in Suffolk judged Good or Outstanding by Ofsted has recently levelled and is now at 86%, 3% lower than...
6 Oct 2017
OPPOSITION COUNCILLORS REVEAL SURREY’S SECRET BILLION POUND PROPERTY PLAN
Opposition county councillors can today reveal that Surrey County Council is in the process of planning housing and development across dozens of sites in a secret deal that could be worth over £1bn with a private sector partner.
5 Oct 2017