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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: Local Strategic Partnership
On sausages and local democracy
It has always puzzled me how local democracy, while incredibly important to everyone’s day-to-day lives barely impinges on people’s consciousness. I’ve never quite been sure whether that’s because we don’t do enough to publicise it (although politically and administratively I think we’re good at communications) or because people just don’t care. And I’m not sure
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Posted in partnership, Wandsworth
Also tagged engagement, LSP, sausage, Sustainable Community Strategy
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Weekly wrap-up, 22 January
I seem to have stopped taking photos this year – so the cup of tea is getting a few outings – not that photos of meetings or a fairly damp and dreary London are any more exciting. Councillor Awards I started the week off acting as a judge for the Local Government Information Unit’s first
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Posted in Regeneration, Weekly report
Also tagged Awards, Business, contracts, councillor, JSA, LGIU, LSP, NHS, Nine Elms, police, Power Station, Unemployment
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Weekly wrap-up, 23 October
So, for this week’s collection of odds and ends. This week’s photo doesn’t really have any artistic merit – composition and exposure could be better – but it is from Battersea Park where autumn is making itself known. The park really is beautiful at this time of year, and almost magical if you see the
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Posted in Regeneration, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged Battersea Park, CAA, Corporate Area Assessment, Council, cycling, empathy, full council, Heathrow, Labour, LSP, Maurice Heaster, NEOB, Nine Elms, Nine Elms Opportunity Board, Tony Belton
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Weekly report, week ending 19 June
I’ve been producing these weekly reports for a few weeks now, you can read why and some of my thoughts about it. As I commented in there, it’s far from complete, it misses out a lot of the ‘private’ meetings and casework but you may find it interesting… Lavender Hill Street Party I take no
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Posted in Shaftesbury, Weekly report
Also tagged John Burns, Lavender Hill, Lavender Hill Street Party, partnership, police
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