Suffolk’s ‘second most cost efficient claim’ questioned
The claim which Jeremy Pembroke, Conservative leader of Suffolk County Council, has been using that Suffolk is “one of the two most cost-efficient county councils in the country” looks dubious....
View ArticleAnother blast at SCC policy but where is the rest of the opposition?
Another powerful blast from Caroline Page, the Lib Dem county councillor for Woodbridge, who is providing the most vocal opposition to the Tory county council “government”. She writes: However, I...
View ArticleSuffolk Couty Council leader gives response to Eric Pickles
Last week I emailed Jeremy Pembroke, the leader of Suffolk County Council, asking the following question: Eric Pickles has written an article at the Conservative Home website today and in the last...
View ArticleStrange political times — Tory MP supports firemen’s union
These are, indeed, strange political times. BBC Suffolk reports that Dan Poulter, the new MP for Central Suffolk, is supporting the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in their protests against cuts being made...
View ArticleWould Andrea Hill’s training bills have been better spend on lollipop patrols?
The fact that Andrea Hill feels she needs leadership training at £525 plus VAT a session, suggests she is not as secure as she would like us to think. The Daily Mail reveals that she has had 23...
View ArticleDenying the unsaid: a mystery inside an enigma
Denying something you have not been accused of is mind-bending public relations technique. The only reason I can see for Suffolk County Council to use it in the matter of Evening Star reporter Paul...
View ArticleConfused? If councillors are, what hope for the rest of us?
The Evening Star’s Paul Geater reporting on documents made public before Suffolk County Council meeting next Thursday, March 17, writes: “Confusing messages” about the New Strategic direction are are...
View ArticleSuffolk CC leader and two officials resign
The resignation of two senior officials of Suffolk County Council followed yesterday by Jeremy Pembroke, the Conservative leader, were linked today by Sandy Martin, the Labour leader. He suggested, in...
View ArticleTime to take stock before choosing Andrea Hill’s replacement
A line at the start of Patrick Butler’s Cuts Blog in the Guardian nicely sums up what happened in Suffolk yesterday — “Cuts did for Suffolk ‘virtual council’ experiment and someone had to pay the...
View ArticleQuestions remain after inquest into death of Suffolk CC officer
The inquest into the death of David White, who was head of Suffolk County Council legal services, gave some insight into this human tragedy and found that he had committed suicide. As with so many such...
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