Archive for Month: November 2017

Why I support Universal Credit

20th November 2017

In light of the current political and media interest in Universal Credit, I thought it would be useful to set out my thoughts on this, and why I support the roll out of University Credit, both from my perspective as a local councillor and as a former civil servant in the Department for Work &…

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Elizabeth Cottage latest

20th November 2017

The Planning Committee considered an application to build seven flats at the current site of Elizabeth Cottage in Billericay High Street. Unfortunately, some of my old blogs were lost when I upgraded my website but regular readers will doubtless recall that the plight of Elizabeth Cottage is something that has been vexing me almost the…

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'APPLEBY, Sir Humphrey' (fictional character)

"Echo" (newspaper)

ABDULLAH II, King of Jordan

ABRAHALL, David (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)

ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)

ADESHILE, Yetunde (Tory candidate)

ADONIS, Andrew, Lord (Labour peer)

Advice Store, The

AKER, Tim (fmr UKIP Thurrock cllr & MEP)

ALDOUS, Clive (Billericay resident)

ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)

ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)

ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)

ALLPORT, Leslie (UKIP candidate)

ANDREWS, Mike (Chair, Billericay Action Group)

Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985

ANSELL, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Pitsea SE)

ARCHER, Tony (late Tory cllr for Billericay East)

ARCHIBALD, Bill (late Labour cllr for Fryerns)

Armed Forces Covenant

ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)

Assoc. of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)

ATTLEE, Clement, 1st Earl, KG OM CH (fmr. Labour PM)

Autumn Statement

BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)

BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)

BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)

BALLS, Rt Hon Ed (fmr. Labour Chancellor)

BARLEY, Emily (Chair, Conservatives for Liberty)

BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)

BARON, John, MP (Tory MP for Basildon & Billericay)

Basildon (New Town)

Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital

Basildon Borough Council

Basildon Community Safety Partnership

Basildon Heritage & Museum Group

Basildon Sporting Village

Basildon Town Centre

Basildon, Borough of

BENN, Flt Lt the Hon Michael, DFC

BENN, Hon Emily (fmr Labour cllr in Croydon)

BENN, Rt Hon Hilary, MP (Labour MP for Leeds Central)

BENN, Rt Hon Tony (late Labour MP)

BENN, Sir John, Bt (late Liberal MP)

BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)

BENNETT, Santa (Labour candidate)

BEVAN, Rt Hon Aneurin (late Labour MP)

BIDDLE, Cllr Mark (Shotgate parish cllr)

BIFFEN, John, Lord, PC DL (late Tory Peer)

Billericay (town)

Billericay Action Group (BAG)

Billericay Conservation Area

Billericay District Residents' Assoc.

Billericay East (ward)

Billericay School

Billericay Swimming Pool

Billericay Town Council

Billericay West (ward)

BINGHAM, Stuart (snooker player, Freeman of Basildon)

BLAIR, Rt Hon Tony (fmr. Labour PM)

BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)

BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)

BLANEY, Lewis (Labour candidate)

BLOCK, Kayte (fmr. Lab cllr for Vange)

BLUNKETT, David, Lord, PC (Labour peer)

BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)

BOLTER, Natasha

BREEDON, Simon (fmr. UKIP candidate, now Ind)

BRENTFORD, 1st Viscount (Sir William Joynson-Hicks, late Tory Home Secretary)

BRITTAN of SPENNITHORNE, Leon, Lord, PC QC (late Tory peer)

BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)

BROOKS, Dr Edwin

BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)

BROWN, Rt Hon Gordon (fmr. Labour PM)

BROWNE, Lorraine (Monitoring Officer, Basildon Council)

Buckingham Palace

BUCKLEY, Christopher

BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)

BUCKLEY, Sylvia (late Tory cllr for Wickford Castledon)

BURNHAM, Rt Hon Andy (Mayor of Greater Manchester)

Burstead (ward)

BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's)

BUTLER of SAFFRON WALDEN, R. A., Lord, KG CH (late Tory peer)

BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)

BYRNE, Rt Hon Liam, MP (Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill)

CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)

CAMERON, Florence

CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)

CAMERON, Samantha

CAMILLA, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, GCVO

CAMPBELL, Alistair

CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)

Care Quality Commission

CARRINGTON, Peter, 6th Lord, KG GCMG CH MC (late Tory peer)

CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)

CARSWELL, Douglas (fmr. UKIP MP)

CATLING, Louise (Labour candidate)

Centre for Policy Studies

CHANDLER, Michael (Lib Dem candidate)

Chelmsford City Council

CHURCHILL, Rt Hon Sir Winston, KG (late Tory PM)

Citizens' Advice Bureau

Civil Military Partnership Board

CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)

CLARKE, Rt Hon Kenneth, CH QC MP (Tory MP for Rushcliffe)

CLEGG, Rt Hon Sir Nick (fmr. Lib Dem leader)

COKER, Mark (Tory candidate)

Community Charge (Poll Tax)

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

CONROY, Mark (UKIP candidate)

Conservative & Unionist Party

Conservatives for Liberty

CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)

Corporation Tax

COX, Jo (late Labour MP)

CRABB, Rt Hon Stephen, MP (Tory MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire)

CRAWFORD, Marion, CVO

Criminal Justice & Public Order Act (1994)

CRIPPS, Rt Hon Sir Stafford (late Labour MP)

CROSLAND, Rt Hon Anthony (late Labour MP)

DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)

Data Retention Investigatory Powers Act (2014)

DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)

DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)

Democrats and Veterans Party

Dept for Work & Pensions

DORNAN, John (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)

DOVE, Alf, MBE (late Labour cllr)

DOWNES, Paul (UKIP candidate)

DOYLE-PRICE, Jackie, MP (Tory MP for Thurrock)

DRUMMOND, John (Green candidate)

DUNCAN SMITH, Rt Hon Iain, MP (Tory MP for Chingford & Woodford Green)

DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)

EACERSALL, David (DVP candidate, formerly UKIP)

Economic Development & Growth Cttee.

Elizabeth Cottage (Billericay High Street)

ELIZABETH, HM the Queen Mother

ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)

Employment & General Purposes Cttee (now disbanded)

Employment Act (1980)

Employment Support Allowance (ESA)

Environment Agency

Essex County Council

Essex Countywide Traveller Unit

Essex Fire Authority

Essex Wildlife Trust

Euro (European Single Currency)

European Arrest Warrant

European Economic Community

European elections

European Exchange Rate Mechanism

Exchange Rate Mechanism

FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)

Felmores Bail Hostel

FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)

FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)

FOOT, Rt Hon Michael, FRSL (late Labour MP)

FOX, Rt Hon Dr Liam, MP (Tory MP for North Somerset)

FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Tory MP for Rayleigh & Wickford)

Freedom of the Borough

Future High Streets Fund

Gambling Act (2003)

GANDHI, Mahatma

GANDY, Terry (UKIP candidate)

General Election

George Hurd Centre

GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE, HRH Prince

GEORGE V, HM King

GEORGE VI, HM King

GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)

GILLAN, Stephen (Labour candidate)

GILMOUR of CRAIGMILLAR, Iain, Lord (late Tory peer)

GODDARD, David (Labour candidate)

Good Friday Agreement

GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)

GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)

GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)

Grammar Schools

GRANT, Colin (Lib Dem candidate)

GRANT, Liz (Lib Dem candidate)

GREEN, Cllr Hazel (UKIP, Laindon Park)

GREY of FALLODEN, Edward, 1st Viscount, KG (late Liberal Foreign Secretary)

GRIFFIN, David (Chelsea pensioner)

Gt. Burstead & Sth. Green Village Council

Gypsies & Trevellers

HALFON, Rt Hon Robert, MP (Tory MP for Harlow)

HALL, Dean (Green candidate)

HAMILTON, Neil, AM (UKIP member of the Welsh Assembly)

HAMMANS, Cliff (UKIP candidate)

HANNON, Loren (UKIP candidate)

Hard-working Families

Harlow Borough Council

HARRIS, Rebecca, MP (Tory MP for Castle Point)

HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)

HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)

HARRISON, Derek (Wickford Independents candidate)

HARVEY, Steve (DVP candidate)

HEAD, Anthony (actor)

HEALEY, Dennis, Lord, CH MBE FRSL (late Labour Chancellor)

HEATH, Rt Hon Sir Edward, KG MBE (late Tory PM)

HEDLEY-BARNES, Stephanie (Tory candidate)

HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)

HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)

HERBING, Graham (Labour candidate)

HESELTINE, Michael Lord, CH (Tory peer)

HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)

HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)

HILTON, Tracey (Labour candidate)

HIRST, Roger (Essex Police Commissioner)

HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)

HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)

HORGAN, Stephen (late Tory cllr for Billericay West)

HORN, Nigel (Lib Dem candidate)

HOSKYNS, Sir John

HOUGHTON, David (UKIP candidate)

House of Lords Reform Act (2014)

Housing & Growth Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)

Housing Revenue Account

Hovefields (Wickford)

HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)

HOWARD, Martin (Lib Dem candidate)

HOWARD, Vivien (Lib Dem candidate)

HOWE of ABERAVON, Geoffrey, Lord, CH QC (late Tory Chancellor)

HOWE of IDLICOTE, Elspeth, Baroness, CBE (Tory peer)

HOWE, B. Edward

HUNT, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Tory MP for South West Surrey)

HUNTMAN, Jamie (fmr. UKIP Cty cllr)

HUTTON of FURNESS, John, Lord (Labour peer)

HYDE, Jilly (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)

Iceland (company)

Illegal Encampments

Independence from EU Group

Independent Labour Group (now defunct)

Independent Remuneration Panel

Industrial Relations Act (1971)

Infrastructure & Community Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)

INGHAM, Sir Bernard

Innovation Warehouse

IRA (Irish Republican Army)

Iron Lady, The (film)

JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)

JAMES II/VII, HM King

JAMES, John (UKIP candidate)

JEFFERY, Cllr George (Con, Wickford Park)

JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)

JENKINS, Sir Simon, FSA FRSL (journalist)

Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA)

JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)

Joint Standards Committee

JOSEPH, Keith, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)

KANE, Chf Insp Shaun (Essex Police)

KAUFMAN, Rt Hon Sir Gerald (late Labour MP)

KEOGH, Sir Bruce

KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)

KINNOCK, Neil, Lord (Labour peer)

KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)

KIRKMAN, Paul (fmr. Labour Leader of Basildon Council)

KONSTANTINIDIS, George (UKIP PPC for Basildon & Billericay)

Laindon Park (ward)

Laindon Park & Fryerns (county division)

LAMONT of LERWICK, Norman, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)

Langdon Hills (ward)

LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)

LATCHFORD, Terry (UKIP candidate)

LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)

LAWSON of BLABY, Nigel, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)

LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)

Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)

LE-SURF, Mike (Labour PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)

LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Tory MP for South Northamptonshire)

Lee Chapel North (ward)

Leisure & Community Services Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)

Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)

Liberal Democrats

LILLEY, Rt Hon Peter (fmr. Tory MP)

LIVESEY, Ron (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)

LLOYD-GEORGE of DWYFOR, David, 1st Earl (late Liberal PM)

Local Elections

Local Highways Panel

Local Plan Core Strategy

Localised Council Tax Support Scheme

Localism Act (2011)

London School of Economics

LOVEY, Danny (fmr. Tory cllr)

LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)

LOWMAN, Ven David (fmr Archdeacon of Chelmsford)

LUDER, Ian, CBE (UKIP PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)

MacDONALD, Rt Hon Ramsay (late Labour PM)

MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)

MACLEOD, Rt Hon Iain (late Tory MP)

MAHENDRAN, Bala (fmr Chf. Exec., Basildon Council)

MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)

MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)

MANTERFIELD, Karen (Lib Dem candidate)

Marketing & Communications

MAY, Michael (UKIP candidate)

MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)

MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)

McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)

McDONALD, Cllr Elaine (Lab, Lee Chapel North)

McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)

McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)

McGURRAN, Dolores (Labour candidate)

Members' Question Time

Members' Remuneration Scheme

METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Tory MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock)

Mid Staffordshire Hospital

MILIBAND, Rt Hon Ed, MP (Labour MP for Doncaster North)

Ministry of Justice

Momentum (Corbynistas)

Monitor (regulator)

MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)

MORRIS, Andrew (UKIP candidate)

MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)

MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)

MORRIS, Richard (UKIP candidate)

MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)

MUNYAMBU, Daniel (fmr. Ind cllr for Vange)

MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)

National Health Service

National Insurance

National Minimum Wage

National Probation Service

Natural England

Nethermayne (ward)

Nethermayne Independents

NICE, Clare (Lib Dem candidate)

NICE, Steve (Lib Dem candidate)

Northern Ireland

O'FLYNN, Patrick (SDP, formerly UKIP MEP)

OAKSHOTT, Hendrie, Lord (late Tory peer)

Office of Budget Responsibility

Office of Fair Trading

One Nation Conservatism

OPPERMAN, Guy, MP (Tory MP for Hexham)

OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)

Overview & Scrutiny Commission (now disbanded)

PALMER, Gillian (Labour candidate)

PANNIKER, Clare (CEO, Basildon Hospital)

Parliament, Houses of

Part-Night Lighting

Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

PETCHEY, Richard (UKIP candidate)

PETRE, John, 18th Lord, KCVO (fmr. Lord-Lieutenant of Essex)

PHILIP, HRH The Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, KG KT &c

PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)

Pitsea (county division)

Pitsea North-West (ward)

Pitsea Regeneration

Pitsea South-East (ward)

Planning Committee

Planning Inspectorate

Police & Crime Plan

Policy & Resources Committee

Policy Oversight & Strategy Committee

Post-election analysis

POWELL of BAYSWATER, Charles, Lord, KCMG OBE (Tory peer)

PRIOR, Jim, Lord (late Tory peer)

Public Question Time

QUINCE, Will, MP (Tory MP for Colchester)

RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)

RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)

RAINFORD, Tamara (Tory cadidate)

RAMA IX, late King of Thailand

READ, Sarah (Green candidate)

RECKLESS, Mark, AM (UKIP member of the Welsh Assembly)

REGAN, Michelle (UKIP candidate)

Regeneration & Environment Committee

REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)

REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)

REIGATE, John, Lord (Sir John Vaughan-Morgan) (late Tory peer)

Results (elections)

RICHARDS, Prof Sir Michael, CBE FRCP

RICHES, Lorna (UKIP candidate)

Right Approach to the Economy, The

RIMMER, Cllr Craig (Con, Pitsea SE)

ROOFS (anti solar farm campaign)

Royal Anglian Regiment

RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)

Runners & Riders

RUSSELL, Sir Bob (fmr. Lib Dem MP for Colchester)

SAGGERS, Norma (UKIP candidate)

SAINSBURY, Edward (Lib Dem candidate)

SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)

SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)

SAYEED, Jonathan (fmr. Tory MP)

SCANLAN, Thomas (Labour candidate)

SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)

SCHOFIELD, John (fmr. Tory cty cllr for Westley Heights)

SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership)

SHAND, P. Morton

SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)

SHULTZ, Prof George P

SIMPSON, Clive (ret. planning officer)

SMITH of BASILDON, Angela, Baroness (Labour peer)

SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)

SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)

South Essex Construction Hub

South Green (village)

Southend High School for Boys

ST CLAIR, Lt-Col Malcolm (late Tory MP)

ST JOHN of FAWSLEY, Norman, Lord, FRSL (Sir Norman St John-Stevas) (late Tory peer)

St Martin's (ward)

STANSGATE, Stephen, 3rd Viscount

STANSGATE, William, 1st Viscount (William Wedgwood Benn) (late Labour peer)

Statement of Consultation (Local Plan)

STEPHENS, Nicole (formerly Schrader, Tory candidate)

STOCKTON, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)

STRATHMORE and KINGHORNE, Claud, 14th Earl of KG KT &c

STRAUSS, Norman

STREEP, Meryl (actress)

SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)

TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)

TAYLOR, Jenefer (Labour candidate)

TAYLOR, Perry (Tory candidate)

TEBBIT, Norman, Lord, CH (Tory peer)

THATCHER, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)

THOMPSON, Dame Emma, DBE

THOMPSON, Martin

THORNEYCROFT, Peter, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)

TOMLIN, Cllr Frank (Billericay town cllr)

TOWLER, Peter (Labour candidate)

Towngate Theatre

TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Universal Credit

Uttlesford District Council

VARLEY, Eric, Lord (late Labour peer)

Veolia Environmental Trust

Veolia North Thames Trust

VICTORIA, HM Queen

WAINE, Rhyan (UKIP candidate)

WALLACE, Naomi (Labour candidate)

WALTERS, Prof Sir Alan

WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)

WARNER, Spencer (Tory candidate)

Waste collections

WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)

WEBB, John (UKIP candidate)

Westley Heights (county division)

WHARTON, James (fmr. Tory MP)

WHITLOCK, Max, MBE (Freeman of the Borough)

Wickford (town)

Wickford Castledon (ward)

Wickford Crouch (county division)

Wickford Independents

Wickford North (ward)

Wickford Park (ward)

Wickford UKIP (now defunct)

WIDDECOMBE, Rt Hon Ann (fmr. Tory MP)

WILLIAMS, Ben, OBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)

WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)

WILLIAMS, Linda (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)

WILLIAMSON, Rt Hon Gavin, CBE MP (fmr. Defence Secretary)

WILSON of RIEVAULX, Harold, Lord, KG (late Labour PM)

WINDSOR, HRH The Duke of (fmr King Edward VIII)

WINGFIELD, Kevin (Tory candidate)

Work Capability Assessment

Work Related Activity Group (WRAG)

YAQUB, Cllr Maryam (Lab, St Martin's)

YATES, Stephen (Tory candidate)

Youth employment

ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)