"Who are these two miscreants?", I hear you ask. On my right is Daniel Obst, who is my usual co-Returning Officer at ALDE Congresses. We're considered to be sound, independent and competent which, given that he's a judge and I'm a tax inspector, is probably reassuring in a whole bunch of ways. The picture was taken in Stockholm last year, as we successfully delivered another uncontroversial set of Bureau elections. In truth, it's a much less onerous job these days, as voting is electronic, and our role is more to reassure, make eligibility rulings and ensure that the process runs ...
The fire at what used to be Kelmarsh Rectory, which later became a Buddhist centre, reminded me of the fire in 1943 that destroyed half the village. You can see the smouldering ruins in the photo above. I discovered the story when I visited Kelmarsh in 2013 and discovered a plaque on the row of cottages that replaced the Elizabethan ones lost to the fire.
Sat 9th
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Change of government means Lib Dem South Cambridgeshire is free to continue with its four-day week
The Labour government is not going to continue the Conservatives' harassment of Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire for introducing a four-day working week for its staff. South Cambridgeshire's trial of the scheme with around 450 desk staff plus refuse collectors, says the Guardian, found: staff turnover fell by 39 per cent, helping save £371,500 in a year, mostly on agency staff costs;regular household planning applications were decided about a week and a half earlier;approximately 15 per cent more major planning application decisions were completed within the correct timescale.The time taken to process changes to housing benefit and council tax benefit claims ...
Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with party leadership ratings. If you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how to make sense of them, check out my book, Polling UnPacked: the History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, or sign up for my weekly email, The Week in Polls: General election voting intention polls PollsterConLabLDGrnRefLab leadFieldwork Techne 25% (+1) 29% (-1) 13% (-1) 7% (nc) 18% (nc) 4% 6-7/11 GB More in Common 26% (-1) 28% (+1) 14% (+1) 8% ...
Uppertunity is a registered charity, working with individuals (16-65+) with additional support needs, mental health barriers & who are neurodiverse. Its bowling league starts next Friday - 15th November - details are in the poster below :
