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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: Edward Lister
The Bolingbroke free school
Having been a little cynical about the value of some meetings I found myself rather enjoying last night’s full council, despite it being a meeting in which I made no contribution other than voting. The key debate was on the Bolingbroke free school, and free schools more generally. It was fascinating because, for the first
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged Andy Gibbons, Bolingbroke, choice, competition, education, free schools, socialism
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Another lesson for Cameron from Wandsworth
I mentioned Wandsworth’s great results in the Audit Commission’s place survey in a post last week. Over the weekend a short article by the council Leader, Edward Lister, appeared on the ConservativeHome website. (I’ve included the whole article at the end of this post.) Obviously, I’m not going to disagree with his article – he’s
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Latest Battersea ‘In Touch’
We are currently in the process of distributing the latest issue of ‘In Touch’, our consitutency wide paper. If you prefer paperless, you can download a copy by following this link (543kb). The issue contains: Zero council tax increase this year A message from Wandsworth Council Leader Edward Lister Boris tackles City Hall waste to
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Posted in Politics
Also tagged Battersea, Council, council tax, David Cameron, In Touch, Jane Ellison, recession, Residents' News
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Our Wandsworth
Edward Lister, the Council Lister, is launching ‘Our Wadsworth’, the council and the Local Strategic Partnership’s vision for the next 10 years. Thinking about how the borough has changed in the past 10 years it’s exciting to think about how it can change in the next 10 years. And this vision not only sets out
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