General Discussion
A local charity that used to be Christians Together Rent Guarantee Scheme - now called HITS (Homeless in Teignbridge Support) are setting up a FoodBank (a sort of charity franchise) early next year. They have been giving out food and/or toiletry Crisis Packs through the council housing department to people being housed in temporary accommodation and on the recommendation of clergy, social workers ...
I understand that if more’ mature citizens’ volunteer to become Special Constables (ie comfortably retired people), they will be able to staff the Dawlish front desk at the cop-shop. Teignmouth Police station has not closed completely, the front desk isn't staffed (Dawlish never was), the ‘Operations Centre’ is now at Teignmouth Community College.
J Warrener: Good point! I see the Green who stood in Dawlish in 2009, won a town council seat last year....and gave it up the next day! http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2010/02/08/totnes-by-election-blues-for-the-greens/ Saving paper, but wasting council-tax payers money!
Second leaflet from the Tories - colour town council leaflet. An A3 glossy full colour from the Liberal Democrats, but nothing from the Greens.
I've now had the Tory one - A3 glossy full-colour.
Just had the V4D leaflet and a flyer for a public meeting at Holcombe Village Hall; this is the only election leaflet I’ve had from any of the candidates. I understand the Liberals will be putting something out soon as they've asked my sister to deliver this area.
Didn't the county council spend something like £50k on helping Plymouth City Council "get ready for the world cup". Which included Plymouth City Council sending its leader and chief executive on a trip to the World Cup in South Africa. The trip cost £5,700 of taxpayers' money.
There is a lot rubbish out there about purdah. Cllr Connett is up for re-election as a district councillor ; his comments were about a county council matter, so outside purdah. It is not against the law to make political statements to the media anyway - it's call freedom of speech.
what is so wrong with 3 Cs - nothing, A' Levels are a very narrow measure of ability, the IB is much better. I am not well connected to government, I do know a former president of the LSE Student Union, who is concerned that misinformation is putting off poorer students from going to uni.
Bit simplistic - it isn’t a debt as most people understand it, in fact it’s closer to the Graduate Tax idea that the National Union of Students wanted. Which developed English-speaking countries have cheaper average tuition fees than the UK average? Ok there is always Maastricht University, lectures in English, three A’level Cs will get you in - annual tuition fees are just €1,721 (about £1,500) ...
