Category: OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
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Conservative Leadership 2019
18th June 2019On Saturday, I attended a meeting of the National Conservative Convention in my capacity as Chairman of Basildon & Billericay Conservative Association and sat in on a hustings for the upcoming Conservative leadership election, attended by all six of the remaining candidates and I thought I would share my recollections and thoughts about the occasion.…
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- BRADY, Sir Graham, MP (Tory MP for Altrincham & Sale West and Chair, 1922 Cttee)
- Brexit
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CHURCHILL, Rt Hon Sir Winston, KG &c (late Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- HAGUE of RICHMOND, William, Lord (Tory peer)
- HARRY (Henry), HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO
- HESELTINE, Michael Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- HUNT, Admiral Sir Nicholas, GCB LVO DL
- HUNT, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Tory MP for South West Surrey)
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Tory MP for Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
- JOHNSON, Stanley (fmr Tory MEP)
- Labour Party
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MALTHOUSE, Kit, MP (Tory MP for NW Hants)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- MERKEL, Angela (Chancellor of Germany)
- MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
- National Conservative Convention
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- RAAB, Rt Hon Dominic, MP (Tory MP for Esher & Walton)
- South Basildon & East Thurrock (constituency)
- STEWART, Brian, CMG
- STEWART, Rt Hon Rory, OBE MP (Tory MP for Penrith & The Border)
- STOCKTON, Harold, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)
- STURGEON, Rt Hon Nicola, MSP (SNP First Minister of Scotland)
- THATCHER, Margaret, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)
- Uncategorised
- WILLIAM, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG &c
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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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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
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Full Council – 15.10.15
19th October 2015As I come to write up last Thursday’s meeting of Full Council, I would just ask readers to bear with me, as this was a mammoth SEVEN-HOUR meeting that went on until two o’clock in the morning. The meeting started at 7pm, earlier than usual, with a special Extraordinary Meeting to consider two nominations for…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- 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)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- Dry Street
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)
- Independence from EU Group
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Labour Party
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)
- Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)
- LOVEY, Danny (fmr. Tory cllr)
- MAHENDRAN, Bala (fmr Chf. Exec., Basildon Council)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Planning Committee
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SCHOFIELD, John (fmr. Tory cty cllr for Westley Heights)
- SMITH of BASILDON, Angela, Baroness (Labour peer)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford UKIP (now defunct)
- WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Linda (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
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The Autumn Statement
9th December 2013The sad passing of Nelson Mandela has obviously overshadowed the Autumn Statement delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week. In his speech, George Osborne confirmed that, thanks to the Government’s long-term economic plan, the British economy is back on track and our burgeoning recovery underway, with growth set to more than double this year… This…
- Autumn Statement
- BALLS, Rt Hon Ed (fmr. Labour Chancellor)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Crime
- Economy
- Government
- Hard-working Families
- Labour Party
- Liberal Democrats
- MILIBAND, Rt Hon Ed, MP (Labour MP for Doncaster North)
- Office of Budget Responsibility
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Unemployment
- Welfare
- Youth employment
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UK economy grew by 0.6% in 2013 Q2
25th July 2013Britain has held its nerve, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stuck to his Plan A, and the UK economy is on the mend as a result! Thanks to George Osborne’s decision to ignore the advice of Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and change course, the UK economy is now growing again. There is still a…