It turns out that the Gladstone Street site in Desborough is one of five being put up for sale by North Northamptonshire Council. Kate Cronin broke the story in the Northamptonshire Telegraph: The sale of five strategic sites owned by North Northamptonshire Council was agreed without members of the public or press able to listen to the discussion. NNC's ten-strong all-Conservative executive met at Corby Cube yesterday (Thursday, June 8) to talk about the sale of the sites across North Northamptonshire. But the item was heard in closed session because the authority said it related to the council's financial or ...
Embed from Getty ImagesWho directed The Italian Job? I couldn't have told you until the other day, when I came across a page about the films of Peter Collinson. It has an unnerving habit of telling you what the people it mentions expired from, and Collinson himself was only 44 when he died in 1980. Starting in television, Collinson went on to make his name as a director with two 1968 releases: Up the Junction and The Long Day's Dying. The latter, which is the most substantial David Hemmings film I've yet to see, won him the job on The ...
Great fun out campaigning in Mid Bedfordshire today, following Nadine Dorries's resignation.
Sunak should kick Johnson out of the Conservative Party now The Liberal Democrats have called on Rishi Sunak to kick Boris Johnson out of the Conservative Party. Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said: It was clear from day one that Boris Johnson was never fit to be an MP let alone Prime Minister. Sunak's credibility and integrity is in the gutter. If he wants to show he has any backbone left he must finally do the right thing and kick the disgraced Boris Johnson out of the Conservative Party in order to prevent him from ever standing again. ...
Health and wellbeing is top of our party's agenda. All of our local campaigners have a strong message on NHS services. While leading campaigns about treatment, we must also pursue innovative approaches to measures that prevent ill-health. Liberal Democrat-led Cheltenham Borough Council is partnering with the NHS and local food banks to do just that. It's a part of our response to the cost-of-living crisis. I'm a strong believer in the power of physical activity to transform people's lives. It has made my own life immeasurably better, despite an unexpected arthritis diagnosis at age 29. Whether it's regular walking, having ...
This is the centrepiece of the Municipal Hotel which has been created within the former Municipal Buildings on Dale Street. This splendid room used to be a place to make payments and then became our main One Stop Shop. Now ... Continue reading →
At the end of Federal Council last week, I raised with my new colleagues the question of reporting back - how, and to whom. I wasn't trying to start a debate, more an attempt to give them something to dwell on. My personal view is that, having been elected by the members (at least, those engaged enough to want to take part), I have some obligation to tell them what I've done and why, so far as is appropriate. Naturally, I will do that in my own mostly light-hearted way - I've never been one to take myself too seriously ...
I haven't done this for a while now, and really ought to get back into the habit. But, as all is relatively quiet in terms of Commons business, and the opposite is true in the Lords, perhaps it's time to take a stab at it... Monday's main piece of business is Day 4 of the Committee Stage of the Illegal Migration Bill. Hopefully, noble Lords won't be in the chamber until 4.16 a.m., as they were on Thursday morning. It probably won't be a short day though, as the Opposition benches (and the Bishops) continue their efforts to mitigate some ...
Sunak must reverse Johnson's "happy hour honours" Ed Davey to launch Liberal Democrat bid to win Mid-Bedfordshire with sewage visit Sunak must reverse Johnson's "happy hour honours" The Liberal Democrats have called on Rishi Sunak to step in and reverse Boris Johnson's "happy hour honours" list, and ban him from standing again for the Conservatives. It comes after Boris Johnson stood down yesterday with an attack on the Privileges Committee. Ministers are able to cancel an honour after it has been awarded, to preserve the integrity of the honours system. Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: Boris Johnson handed ...
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A lot of people were surprised when Boris Johnson's resignation honours list was published to find so few peerages for his parliamentary friends and allies. Indeed, there is speculation that it was this, rather than the Privileges Committee report, that prompted the three resignations from Parliament on Friday. Clearly, there was a feeling amongst Johnson and his pals that Rishi Sunak had betrayed his predecessor, though he strongly denies this. The Independent reports that the House of Lords Appointment Committee has, according to the Institute for Government think tank, confirmed it rejected eight peerage nominees put forward by Mr Johnson ...
It does occasionally seem that, instead of a government, we have the equivalent of a Latin American telenovela, with a plot line that lasts for a mere season. And, just when you might think that the plot has become too absurd, some even more unlikely script emerges. Meanwhile, in the Commons, not much is happening, as Richard Foord noted on Tuesday: It says a lot that it's 2:27pm on a Tuesday afternoon and MPs have already discussed the only bit of substantive business the Government has brought forward. I know many say Ministers are out of ideas, but this is ...
"It is a far, far better thing that I do now than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." Ex-Prime Minister Johnson might have salvaged a smidgeon of decency in his reputation by a farewell sentiment such as the above. Instead we have had a petulant justification of his trail of misconduct in office, coupled with a vilification both the parliamentary processes and personnel that have condemned him. But the real responsibility for his cavalier premiership, gravely damaging to Britain's reputation as well as the well-being of ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 12 JUNE 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Lower Pleasance (Lower Pleasance Court to Brook Street) - closed from Monday 12 June for 10 days for gully replacement work. Perth Road between Ninewells Avenue roundabout and Clovis Duveau Drive - rolling temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 13 June for 2 weeks for CityFibre works. Explorer Road - temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 14 June for 4 days for CityFibre works. West ...
