Southend Borough Council last week voted to provide members with a £100 increase on their basic expense allowances.
This comes after the recommendation from the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel, which said that the Council should scrap travel and food allowances altogether and instead provide councillors with a flat-rate increase on their general allowance.
Whilst the official...
Read more »
Last Thursday, the Council’s meeting was dominated by the recent cuts from central Government, which left Southend Borough Council with £1.4 million less funding than planned at the start of the financial year. Here, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group Cllr Graham Longley gives Councilbust.com his view of what might be this year’s most...
Read more »
Last Thursday, the Council’s meeting was dominated by the recent cuts from central Government, which left Southend Borough Council with £1.4 million less funding than planned at the start of the financial year. Here, Deputy Leader of the Labour group Cllr Ian Gilbert gives Councilbust.com his view of what might be this year’s most...
Read more »
Last Thursday, the Council’s meeting was dominated by the recent cuts from central Government, which left Southend Borough Council with £1.4 million less funding than planned at the start of the financial year. Here, Executive Councillor for Transport and Planning Mark Flewitt (Con) gives Councilbust.com his view of what might be this year’s most...
Read more »
Funding from central government will force Southend Borough Council to make a series of harsh cuts, Council leader Nigel Holdcroft (left) announced today.
The Coalition Government has withdrawn £1.4 million of capital and revenue grants to Southend Council, which will mean that a variety of grant-aided projects and services will face immediate funding cuts.
Some of...
Read more »
The leaders of the opposing parties in Southend Council have spoken to Councilbust.com of their reaction to Tuesday’s budget.
Cllr Graham Longley (left), leader of the Liberal Democrats, was positive in his approach. He told Councilbust.com: “Liberal Democrats, as part of a coalition government joined with the Tories today in a progressive alliance to produce...
Read more »
Southend Council’s Conservative leader Cllr Nigel Holdcroft has told Councilbust.com of his initial reaction to today’s emergency budget.
In his first ever budget, new Chancellor George Osborne will raise VAT to 20% from January 2011. The personal income tax allowance will raise by £1,000 per year next April.
Mr Osborne has also reduced welfare spending drastically....
Read more »
Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has spoken on behalf of small shop owners over regulations.
Mr Amess, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group, raised concerns in Parliament yesterday from constituents about the present levels of regulation on small shops.
Mr Amess said that the additional regulatory costs to shop owners introduced...
Read more »
By Rachel Charman
Southend Borough Council’s chief executive Rob Tinlin has stressed the importance of the 2011 census to funding for Southend.
The National Census will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011. At the last census in 2001, it is believed that Southend’s population was undercounted by up to 17,000 people.
The Council says that this...
Read more »
By Rachel Charman
The budget was announced last week by Chancellor Alistair Darling.
The budget included a stamp duty holiday for first time home buyers, as well as a 5% stamp duty on homes of £1 million in value or more.
Business tax rates will be cut for one year from October, meaning that 345,000 businesses will...
Read more »
