Councillors and social media: an accident waiting to happen?
Social media is a powerful tool in the right hands but it is a tool which can also become a dangerous weapon. The Dorset Echo yesterday revealed that Conservative Weymouth and Portland Borough...
View ArticleRachel talks to Radio Solent about Universal Credit
This morning Rachel talked to Julian Clegg on BBC Radio Solent about online access to Universal Credit and about the Underoccupancy Penalty. You can listen to the interview here...
View ArticleWeymouth and Portland’s Local Plan: Littlemoor
Section 9.2.3 of the Weymouth and Portland and West Dorset Local Plan refers to the Littlemoor Urban Extension. “Land to the north of Littlemoor as shown on the proposals map will be developed as an...
View ArticleThe sale of heritage assets – cultural vandalism or an act of desperation?
Local authorities are not only the heirs of centuries of regional administration but also the inheritors of generations of assets. Many own not only property – halls, theatres, hotels, houses – but...
View ArticlePoliticians and public officials: working in harmony
On 4 October 2013, Rachel took part in an online Guardian debate discussing the way in which politicians and public officials could work in harmony. The debate is summarised here.
View ArticleLocalism: not all it’s cracked up to be (a poll-tax for the poor)
This Government is cutting into local government funding more deeply and more quickly than any other part of public service. All local authorities have suffered to a greater or lesser degree. Weymouth...
View ArticleLibDem Leadership
Weymouth borough councillor Ryan Hope was suspended by Liberal Democrat HQ on Monday 27 January 2014. Clearly, I welcome this decision. which has to be in the best interests of the electorate. However,...
View ArticleEvicting rogue landlords
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s Management Committee met earlier today to discuss a wide range of issues, including the question of the council’s approach to the private rented housing sector...
View ArticleWeymouth and Portland Borough Council Budget 2015-16: localised council tax...
On 26 February 2015, Weymouth and Portland Borough councillors will vote at Full Council on the budget for 2015-16. Until May 2013, the council offered a maximum 100% rating for localised council tax...
View ArticleWhy I’m standing in #GE2015 – a two-minute speech
I believe that Parliament needs more MPs who have had real lives and real jobs and who can bring those experiences to central government. I’ve spent my life working with those who have no power, those...
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