Tag Archives: Justine Greening
Reflecting on the council elections
Today I (technically) start my fourth term as a Wandsworth Councillor after a long and hard election. It’s been an interesting campaign. There’s no shortage of commentary about the national campaign, so I will add little to it, suffice to say I’m pleased to see Justine re-elected in Putney and Jane elected in Battersea. Obviously [...]
Lobby your MP for public spending accountability
Tomorrow (Wednesday) sees an opposition day debate on ‘local spending reports’. These were introduced by the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 and were intended to detail all the public spending in a borough. You might think that already exists. For example it’s easy to identify what the council is spending in Wandsworth, everything the council spends [...]
What Norwich North means in Wandsworth
First of all I must congratulate Chloe Smith everyone involved in the Norwich North by-election on their victory. It is no mean achievement to see a 16.5% swing, which would be more than enough, if repeated across the country to see a Conservative government. The numbers geek in me wondered what this would mean for [...]
