Archive for Month: February 2016
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My speech on the 2016 Basildon Budget
22nd February 2016Unfortunately, due to the guillotine being reached, I was unable to deliver my backbench speech on the 2016 Budget for the Borough of Basildon but below is the full text of the speech I would have given: I cannot say I rise to greet this budget with the same enthusiasm I have previous budgets because –…
- Billericay East (ward)
- Budget
- Business Rates
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Council Tax
- Deficit
- Dept for Work & Pensions
- Government
- Hannakins Farm
- Income Tax
- Kent View Road
- Labour Party
- Markhams Chase
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- Triangle shops
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My position on Grammar Schools
22nd February 2016Below is the full text of my speech at the meeting of Full Council on 11th February 2016 on the Grammar Schools motion: Almost everyone but the most ardent Left-wingers generally acknowledge there have been problems with our comprehensive education system – they just haven’t been able, historically, to agree on a way to combat…
- ADONIS, Andrew, Lord (Labour peer)
- Billericay School
- BLAIR, Rt Hon Tony (fmr. Labour PM)
- CROSLAND, Rt Hon Anthony (late Labour MP)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- Government
- Grammar Schools
- Labour Party
- London School of Economics
- Southend High School for Boys
- WILSON of RIEVAULX, Harold, Lord, KG (late Labour PM)
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Basildon Borough Budget 2016
22nd February 2016Apologies that is has taken me over a week to pen this blog about the budget-setting meeting of Full Council on Thursday 11th February but I have had a lot on. The meeting was preceded by an extraordinary meeting of the Council to vote on a proposal from the Deputy Mayor – Cllr Danny Lawrence…
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Heritage & Museum Group
- Basildon Sporting Village
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay Town Council
- BINGHAM, Stuart (snooker player, Freeman of Basildon)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Citizens' Advice Bureau
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Council Tax
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- Daily Mirror
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Employment & General Purposes Cttee (now disbanded)
- Essex County Council
- Freedom of the Borough
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Government
- Grammar Schools
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Hannakins Farm
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- Housing Revenue Account
- Independence from EU Group
- Joint Standards Committee
- Labour Party
- LAKE, Desmond
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Local Budget
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Marketing & Communications
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Members' Question Time
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Part-Night Lighting
- Public Question Time
- Range, The
- Royal Anglian Regiment
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- Sempra Homes
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- WHITLOCK, Max, MBE (Freeman of the Borough)
- Wickford Independents
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Bridging Blog!
20th February 2016This blog should start with an apology, as I realise it is my first one since November of last year. Happy belated New Year to you all and I hope you all had lovely Christmases. It means I did not write up the meeting of Full Council in December or January. I am not sure…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Community Safety Partnership
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- Felmores Bail Hostel
- Grammar Schools
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)
- Illegal Encampments
- Independent Remuneration Panel
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Joint Standards Committee
- Labour Party
- Living Wage
- Localised Council Tax Support Scheme
- LOWMAN, Ven David (fmr Archdeacon of Chelmsford)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- Members' Remuneration Scheme
- Ministry of Justice
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- National Probation Service
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Overview & Scrutiny Commission (now disbanded)
- Pitsea Regeneration
- Planning Committee
- Public Question Time
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- Sempra Homes
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford Independents