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Jude Deakin

Chelmsford's West End businesses band together

Action is being taken to support businesses in Chelmford's West End. The businesses between the station and the County Hotel have been badly affected by the changes in traffic flow through this side of Chelmsford. There is now just one route in and another one out.

10 Dec 2011
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A Liberal Democrat success story

A partnership with a private sector company, set up by Chesterfield Borough Council when controlled by the Liberal Democrats, has just won a major national award for the quality of the service it provides for Chesterfield residents.The private sector partner, Arvato, has provided such back office services as revenues, accounts and information-technology for Chesterfield residents since the partnership was agreed by the then Liberal Democrat Council in October 2010. Now, just over a year later, it has won the accolade of ' 'Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year' for the quality of its work. The agreement saves just over £400,000 a year for Chesterfield Council Tax payers, protects the jobs of all the staff involved for the 10 year life of the contract, guarantees that the jobs will remain based in Chesterfield - and provides over £1 million of investment for modernising Borough Council equipment and facilities. Cllr Ray Russell ( Liberal Democrat Leader of the Borough Council when the agreement was sig

10 Dec 2011
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Council staff pay for personal calls with taxpayer cash

£536,000 of waste on Council mobile phones was identified by the Liberal Democrats in February's budget proposals. An Audit Report published this week revealed that the waste continues with the Conservative-run Council still allowing staff to make personal calls and not claiming back the cost.

9 Dec 2011
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