According to the Crawley News, the West Sussex PCT is spending £200 million a year extra because of obesity in the county. One particular issue the PCT has identified is childhood obesity, and they have launched a joint initiative with Mid-Sussex council to adress it. One thing that can help in the fight against obesity […]
Entries Tagged as 'Local Government'
Local Election Candidates
April 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics, Technology
I may have mentioned in the past how bloody useless the Crawley Borough Council website is. This week’s example of uselessness is the obscurity of the list of nominations for the local elections.
boris’ train set
August 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics, Work
On Friday night I was up in London for some drinks with a gang of old work colleagues from London Underground. I was asking some of those who still work for LU, LT or TfL what they think about the prospect of having Boris Johnson as their ultimate boss instead of Ken. One thought it […]
Told you so
July 22nd, 2007 · 19 Comments · Politics
In May we fought the election in Furnace Green ward with two main points. I’ll admit that ‘fought’ might be a bit of a strong word as we didn’t really do much there: knowing that it was unlikely to be a gain for us we only gave it a little time and only produced one […]
More Worthing
May 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Worthing really does have all the interesting news these days. Earlier in the month there were the allegations of the Tories hijacking the local hospital campaign during the elections, and ow our old friend Mark McCarthy is back in the news.
Tags: Local Government·Scandals·WTF
Devolution of power
May 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics
Two Conservative MEPs argue in the Guardian today that voter apathy in local elections is the result of local councils not having enough real power. They are part of a group which think that every decision should be devolved to the lowest practicable level. Having spent a few years feeling powerless in a local authority […]
Tags: Local Government
And they’re off!
March 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics
The local election campaign kicks off this week and, as always, there is a little extra surprise supplied by Crawley. At the very last minute Crawley council’s very own invisible man, Mike Weatherly, has quit so there will be a by-election at the same time as the regular scheduled elections, and the other parties have […]
Redistribution
March 23rd, 2007 · 13 Comments · Politics
I keep meaning to write something about redistribution, what with it being such a fundamental plank of left-wing ideology and all that, but never quite get round to it. I first felt the itch way back at the special council meeting to discuss council housing transfer, but you know how it is? If you don’t […]
Why I am happy with my council tax…
February 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Politics
…well, sort of. As with all types of taxation, it depends on how you look at it. I am one of the fortunate people who does not actually get much back for my tax. Being gainfully employed and generously rewarded I am not in need of many of the services offered as safety nets. Some […]
Tags: Crawley·Crawley Council·Local Government·Taxation·WSCC
Renters pay council tax too!
January 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics, Work
I saw this story on the BBC website about valuations for council tax. it is all about how the original valuations were rushed through and so some properties may be in the wrong council tax band. The headline is Homeowners 'must check tax band'. Why only homeowners? Is there a general assumption that everybody owns […]
Tags: Local Government
