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Tag Archives: Eric Pickles
Let us thank Andrew Griffith for his debate on Dark Skies
A few days before Christmas on 14th December a Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons took place which was organised by the MP for Arundel and South Downs under the very short title of Dark Skies. He explained in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Christopher Pincher, CPRE, Eric Pickles, SEEDA, SEERA
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Group of MPs could use technology to communicate with Sussex constituents
Over the last few days a number of matters have arisen that require more clarity for many of us to understand the way forward for our nation or for us in both regional and local settings. In a usual context … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged East Sussex, Eric Pickles, Robert Jenrick, Simon Clarke, Sussex, West Sussex
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Conservatives are not competent funding Police or any other public service
These two images above, both come from two Conservative Government Ministers speaking to the public and to local politicians, both referring to the same local tax arrangements. Back in 2012 Eric Pickles was working very hard to ensure that the … Continue reading
Two politicians who appear to ignore their past
The track record for Pickles and Blunkett when it comes to reducing the loss of funds to schools and preventing public bodies (such as schools)from spending money on unnecessary publications is very clear. The speech was made by Blunkett when … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Blunkett, Eric Pickles, The Parliamentary Review
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Department for Transport once again discloses its opaqueness
Given that at the beginning of the coalition Government, Eric Pickles called on local government bodies to publish any expenditure over £500 “The public should be able to see where their money goes and what it delivers. The swift and … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Cheryl Gillan, Eric Pickles, HS2, Nusrat Ghani
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Our society must care for the old and the young
The experience that Robert Halfon MP has recently publicised of elderly residents from his Essex constituency ringing his office for news updates because their local paper is no longer available in printed format clearly makes an argument for people to … Continue reading
Our nation requires some humility and admission of failure
When any Government chooses to commit resources to a matter that is a clear need and has led to the deaths of 600 people over the last year, it is clearly to be welcomed. However if they are not new … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Eric Pickles, Greg Clark, Homelessness, James Brokenshire, Sajid Javid MP
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Police budgets are decimated whilst politicians play their games
On Tuesday in the House of Commons, MPs spent a massive 38 minutes debating the issue of Police Pension liabilities and how these will impact on policing budgets across the UK. The exchanges that took place were between Nick Hurd … Continue reading
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