It has been a while since anything has been reported on Councilbust.com, as I am sure regular readers are aware. Having popped back to the site today to check up on it, I scrolled through some of the many hundreds of comments Southend people have left on the site in that time, and that...
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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...
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Simon Ford, Southend Borough Council’s Community Safety Partnership Manager, has encouraged residents to come forward for information on Southend’s 10 most wanted men. This follows the release by Southend police of photographs of 10 men wanted for burglary, fraud and actual bodily harm (ABH). The Southend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) has offered...
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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...
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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...
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