tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13385980951759230672024-03-12T19:17:15.310-07:00Luton & Wayfield LabourLuton & Wayfield ward, Medway Council - Blog of local Councillor's Tristan Osborne, Sam Craven and Christine GodwinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-49698040612058784382015-01-27T02:27:00.000-08:002015-01-27T02:38:40.850-08:00Four years of Action<div class="MsoNormal">
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major concerns in our community and a number of issues were raised on the
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the lack of yellow bins and level of gritting across the ward. We received
regular engagement with the Council that to introduce new yellow bins and/or
move bins would only happen after a lengthy consultation with residents. We
thought out-of-the-box; it was y<a href="http://democracy.medway.gov.uk/mgconvert2pdf.aspx?id=23531">our councillors that successfully pushed for the introduction of the Snow Volunteer scheme</a> that means our residents can have
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of anti-social behaviour and is one of a number of inner urban wards that
presents challenges with regards to tackling crime. On election in 2011 we
successfully lobbied for further <a href="http://luton-and-wayfield.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/cctv-win-for-luton.html">CCTV cameras along Luton Road from Member Priority Budgets</a>. We have successfully lobbied for a <i>Dispersal Zone</i> for the Luton Arches
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attendance at our PACTs. As ward councillors we have also<a href="http://www.medwaylabour.org.uk/2012/06/labour-call-for-alcohol-control-zone-extension/"> lobbied hard for the extension of the Chatham Alcohol Control Zone </a>and have taken our case directly
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many roads across the ward were in a terrible state; this being a cumulative
issue that had worsened over a decade a more. The state of the roads across
Medway remain a significant concern but we have lobbied hard for the
introduction of several double-line schemes on <b>Settington Avenue / Street End
Road and Roosevelt Road</b>; though the time taken for it to happen was glacial. In
addition road improvements have taken place on <b>Constitution Road, Castle Road,
Constitution Hill, Churchill Avenue, Tobruk Way, Montgomery Avenue </b>and<b>
Barnfield</b>. Roads remain an issue which is why we have led on the campaign to
<i>#FixOurStreets</i> diverting money away from the <a href="http://www.medwaylabour.org.uk/2013/07/tories-ignore-public-on-rochester-airport/">£4.4m Rochester Airfield scheme into community capital initiatives like roads</a>. We have held the Council to
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governors of all our local Primary and Secondary schools and whilst we have
seen mixed results over the last four years we have sought to offer support and
engagement with each school. We have funded a garden project at Wayfield School
and have partnered closely on funding youth play-schemes, football groups,
summer holiday schemes, karate clubs and even youth boxing. We have raised our
concerns on the provision of takeaways near schools and have encouraged and
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contributions to scrutinising council decision. For a <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/tristan_osborne/requests">list of Freedom of Information requests on numerous local and contentious issues</a> . These include<b> improvement to Primary Schools; Medway Tunnel; Rochester
Airfield; Chatham bus station; Small business rates; Medway Matters </b>and issues
around <b>overspends on capital projects</b>. We have taken our responsibility to
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in the ward and have worked on a number of cases of nuisance noise and on accommodation
that is unfit. We have therefore supported schemes around the introduction of a Selecting Licencing so that owners can be held to account for the state
of properties in the ward. We continue to support housing developments on brown
field sites with suitable levels of affordability and parking. We continue to
oppose development on Capstone Valley but recognise the need for homes for
young families. We therefore back development on Lodge Hill on a cross-party
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Boxing club in seeking a new site and securing financial support</span></span></li>
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mast schemes</span></span></li>
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issues including a complex case on Roosevelt Avenue / Ironside Close that had
been an issue for years. We secured community support for a new Planning
proposal</span></span></li>
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in Wayfield</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Supported the first new <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/photo-gallery-regulars-get-pub-2698/">Community Right to Bid process for the Medway Queen Community pub backing local residents in their attempt to safeguard an important site</a></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Stood up for small business in Luton high street
to oppose the Luton Library car parking charge and to stand up <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/pub-is-first-to-be-4920/">against inappropriate applications</a></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://luton-and-wayfield.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nelson-court-privatised.html">Opposed the privatisation of Nelson Court </a>and
suggested an alternative social-enterprise via NORSE (subsequently the idea of
NORSE was taken-up by Tory Council but too late for Care Home provision)</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Supported Age UK and provision of improved care
for elderly residents in the ward</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Supported the Friends of Horsted Valley in
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-50197349431908886242013-07-01T13:20:00.003-07:002013-07-01T13:20:57.908-07:00Future for Boxing Club after £50,000 grant<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-76397421527856512912013-04-23T01:05:00.002-07:002013-04-23T01:06:27.299-07:00Spring 2013 Leaflet<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please find out latest residents update above.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-81331912103620635392012-11-17T04:34:00.001-08:002012-11-17T04:34:13.097-08:00All Saints Project Support<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>David Miliband MP, Labour’s former Foreign Secretary, visited Chatham on Tuesday 13th November to see the All Saints Community Project and the work it does for the local community which serves a number of areas within Luton.</b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-24049398653247706322012-11-17T04:21:00.002-08:002012-11-17T04:21:21.033-08:00Millenium Green Proposed Works<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been working with Council officers and Portfolio Holders to secure the site in the Council ownership which has was finalised by Court Order on November 13th last week.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ward Councillor's have since met with Council officers and made representations at full council with several questions for a programme of proposed works to improve the site. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>We have received a lot of support from all Parties on this project which shows bi-partisan working at its best.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With limited funding we will need to partner with others to secure funding for major works but some limited improvements can occur over the next 12 months on site at little cost. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ward Councillor's have made representation for shrub clearance, new bins and signage and for additional lighting for users using the park as a cut through during the late afternoons and early evenings.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the St Mary's Boxing Club close to raising its target to relocate to the derelict Scout hut adjacent to this site we believe that we could be on the cusp of some positive change for this park with new neighbours; and for a facility which has been neglected for a period of time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those that decry the work of Councillors this is the type of action that can be delivered for those who work hard for their ward.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The centre in Hopewell Drive is based in Princes Park ward but we are concerned as local Councillors who border on this facility because many of our residents use this service.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Luton & Wayfield team will be requesting a consideration of a Members Item which we are to discuss in more detail next week for the next Health & Adult Social care committee. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We want to know the detail of the conversations and from first hand evidence whether our Conservative administration and Parliamentary representatives got the best deal for this charity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Age Concern is a key service which many of our resident in Luton & Wayfield use. We feel unhappy that many Charities in Medway have been let down by continued <a href="http://musingsfrommedway.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/charities-targeted-by-tories.html">charity funding cuts</a> and we want to explore whether funding cuts and the publicised move from <a href="http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Age-Concern-moves-house-40-years/story-11993259-detail/story.html">Chatham town centre to Hopewell Drive as a result of Council policy on regeneration</a> in the town centre has contributed to this closure. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a charity with a long and proud history in Medway with a forty year record of help in the community</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last 18 months we have seen how the Tory-led Council have treated charities through massive budget cuts; we have seen the watering down of service provision for elderly residents with dementia and key care needs, so making it more difficult for residents to get support for loved ones as the criteria get even tighter; we have seen the threats to privatise and close local services. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In terms of work undertaken we have made several representations to the media over the last four weeks and linked below press releases and blog articles to the matter where we have made open our willingness to arbitrate on behalf of the service users for an outcome. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Labour Group is in contact with Council officers to raise our concerns around three major issues:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In terms of our wider work the Labour Group will also be having an open forum to discuss Adult Social care and our policy on November 29th which is open to the public. The meeting will take place from 7-9pm in the Princes Hall, Corn Exchange, Rochester. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-687805145007958382012-10-15T15:41:00.002-07:002012-10-15T15:44:34.289-07:00Supporting Million Meal Appeal<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Million Meal Appeal comes as the economic crisis deepens and the rising costs of living hits households in Chatham & Aylesford hard. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-36986506023252382102012-10-15T15:36:00.001-07:002012-10-15T15:36:03.993-07:00Standing up for our Police<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As a former Special Constable Cllr Tristan Osborne and the Labour team are well aware that having bobbies on the beat, supported by a number of seasoned PCSO officers, is the only way you can combat crime on the ground.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luton & Wayfield Ward Councillors are leading the charge to combat anti-social behaviour in the ward having successfully lobbied for a Dispersal Zone and CCTV cameras; but a lot more remains to be done.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the good work is undermined by budget cuts to our thin blue line which is why we have <a href="http://democracy.medway.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=122&MId=2577">submitted a motion to full council</a> to oppose cuts to our Police who need our support to fight against these cuts.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-81622974839807946892012-10-15T15:02:00.002-07:002012-10-15T15:04:32.800-07:00Alcohol Control Zone Extension<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your local ward Councillor's are actively working to extend the <a href="http://www.medway.gov.uk/communityandliving/communitysafety/chathamalcoholcontrolzone.aspx">Chatham Alcohol Control Zone</a> into Luton.</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite opposition we have presented and successfully argued via the Council Overview & Scrutiny Committee process that the area has a statistical evidence base for an Alcohol Control Zone given the number of reported levels of anti-social behaviour.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus far have been met with opposition from a number of Portfolio holders one of which incorrectly attributed only four cases of anti-social behaviour to the Luton Road area at the Overview & Scrutiny meeting. This was dismissed as inaccurate by the cross-party committee.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Tory proposals for an Estuary Airport will see residents across the ward blighted by noise pollution and the associated risks of pollution</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-65812331660314130472012-10-15T14:47:00.003-07:002012-10-15T14:47:58.253-07:00Luton Millennium Green Improvements<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can report that the Council has now made a statutory declaration of interest on the land which, unless opposed, will see it move into the Council ownership and allow improvement works to be undertaken.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-34511435586280735292012-10-15T14:40:00.001-07:002012-10-15T14:40:20.761-07:00£23,000 funding for All Saints<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-72063296011142251732012-10-15T14:30:00.005-07:002012-10-15T14:30:54.620-07:00Luton PACT Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dog bins are now in place in several locations around Burma Way, Tobruk Road and on Wayfield Road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Another project delivered by the local Labour team</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-5319120128042759182012-07-26T01:21:00.005-07:002012-07-26T01:25:15.248-07:00Standing up for Horsted Valley<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Once again we see the return of the application to take away a piece of the Horsted Valley for development but this time there is a total lack of clarity about who wants this land changed and why.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been a complicated case because there has been a total lack of communication from the Conservative-controlled Council as to the purpose of this current application despite the deadline. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The school, who will gain land, have no recollection of ever submitting the application and the PCT, who originally wanted to build a Healthy Living Centre, have shelved those plans so not requiring the land-usage change. <i>It is a total mystery. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are very concerned that senior Conservative cabinet members are looking for development potential on the land to the West of the school playing field and behind Lawn Close; which had been the original plan for the Luton Health & Wellbeing centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The PCT have indicated they are still interested in having a new facility but want to explore alternate locations; a point the community have consistently made despite the outrageous and publicised comments by the Deputy Conservative leader that those opposed, including the Friends of Horsted Valley, were nothing but <a href="http://www.medwayconservativegroup.co.uk/article.php?id=172">slow-worm enthusiasts. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tory cabinet members in Medway show little or no respect for local heritage; we can cite numerous examples of vandalism from the destruction of the Aveling & Porter building in Strood, the Chatham 'Brook' fiasco which saw historic trees dug up for a monstrous and over-budget bus station, to a total disregard to the historic market in Rochester. <i><u>These are but a few.</u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course we will oppose all over development and especially on or near a well loved piece of green space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Councillor's we are keeping a very close watch on improvements to the Academy and there is some very welcome news within.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is early days but it is clear challenges are being overcome; please find below</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Positive news that the Pelican Crossing on Magpie Hall Road is to be modernised and replaced as part of the Bishop of Rochester improvements.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have any thoughts on the proposal please read the below documentation and respond with any comments to us below.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338598095175923067.post-26818303232274812232012-05-16T01:25:00.001-07:002012-05-16T01:25:12.020-07:00Councillor Expenses<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/93753589/Councillor-Expenses" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Councillor Expenses on Scribd">Councillor Expenses</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.706697459584296" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="800" id="doc_19215" scrolling="no" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/93753589/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-1r7j62kl38r11ui8mwn9" width="600"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As promised in the Local Election please find expenses for Medway Councillor's published above.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Luton & Wayfield team claimed nothing more than the basic allowance; we claimed no additional responsibility allowances, or any subsistence or travel expenses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In such tight times economically it is responsible for all to treat the public purse with respect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The above document shows however that Conservative Councillor's cost you more despite the pledges in the local election to give value for money.</b></span></div>
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