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Cllr Duncan Madonald condemned Tory whitewash

Barnet Lib Dems slam Tory's 'Iceland whitewash'

Barnet Liberal Democrats have condemned the Resources Scrutiny Committee report into the Icelandic Banks fiasco as a whitewash. An all party working group had produced a draft report looking at how Barnet lost £27.4 million pounds in Icelandic Banks. The working party amongst other things uncovered that Barnet had made these investments against the rules of its own treasury management strategy. In fact 89% of all Barnet investments over several years had broken the rules.

29 Mar 2009
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Cllr Caroline Nichols with uncut grass

New Grounds Maintenance Contract will reduce areas of grass cut

A new Grounds Maintenance Contract has been agreed by Spelthorne Council which will save the Council money, but this means that 27 open spaces will not be maintained to the same standard as previously. LibDem Councillors have been deliberately prevented from having any input at every stage of the process and are very concerned about the impact of the change on public open spaces.

29 Mar 2009
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Reopen our Post Office

Allnuts Post Office in Epping closed last year despite a big campaign to save it. Many people have missed the local services it has provided.

29 Mar 2009
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