Government

The 17th October is “Our Day”, which is a drive by the Local Government Association to highlight just how much information the Local Government puts out there, particularly in terms…

Throughout the Police and Crime Commissioner election, the Government where very strong on the fact that the PCC with be an independent Post that is accountable only to the public…

Today has seen Labours’ national launch of the Police and Crime Commissioner  candidates for the election in November.  What I really liked was Ed Miliband pointing out that while we didn’t want…

The Taxpayers Alliance and the Institute of Directors have proposed a way out of the current problems by suggesting a flat rate of Income Tax and losing all the fancy…

It may seem like a small thing to many who don’t use them, but the debacle with the A38 / Cole Avenue traffic lights in Quedgeley must get resolved as…

In the Citizen today there is another article about the idea of forming a Parish Council for Kingsway. The article came about when I was asked about my perception of…

The recent County Boundary Review has thrown up an interesting idea that now we have looked into it in some more detail could be a significant next step for Kingsway…

One of the cornerstones for the massive job cuts in the Public sector is the Governments underlying belief that the Private sector will pick up the slack, however that boat…

I attended the Quedgeley Parish Council (QPC) full council meeting last night where, amongst other things, we set the precept for the next financial year.  The headline of this is…

  I attended a workshop/meeting today, hosted by the City Council in GL1.  The idea was that it would give us some feedback about the cuts and the consultation results…