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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Tag Archives: deficit
Lambeth police to buck the trend?
Lambeth police, never worried about doing things differently, seem to be bucking the usual pattern that policing follows. An article in the Streatham Guardian details their plans to move more police into neighbourhood policing. Traditionally the police have had a cyclical approach to policing alternating between a response and a neighbourhood focus. To give a
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Wandsworth’s most popular services
My post yesterday about the Redbridge YouChoose site reminded me of some work I’d done looking at what services people thought were important. Back in 2008 and 2009 we were required to conduct the Place Survey. Now abolished by the coalition government, the Place Survey was, very simply, a survey of people about the place
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You cut…
One of the consequences of hard times is that people often become more inventive and innovative when looking for solutions, and this seems to have been true when it comes to informing people about the consequences of dealing with the deficit. Several councils have come up with interesting ways of doing this. But to my
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The deficit and deficit deniers (Wandsworth branch)
Local democracy returned to its Wandsworth home last night with the full council taking place for the first time in over a year in the council chamber. The chamber had been out of action after the roof partially collapsed. It was then out of action even longer when it was discovered that asbestos seemed to
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Crime reduction budget cuts
Labour again shows its commitment to fighting crime by slashing the budget. The Local Government Chronicle is reporting on the Conservative leak of Labour’s plans to slash Safer and Stronger Communities funding by 50%. And yes, Wandsworth got the letter a couple of days ago, explaining in the most hand-wringing terms, that our grant was
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Also tagged Labour, police, Safer and Stronger Communities
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