Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has been given a clean bill of health after the Government lifted a notice that had previously raised concerns about the authority.
The Best Value Notice was issued in August 2023, highlighting concerns about governance, culture and finance at the council.
The notice was issued following...
In the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the birthplace of the trade union movement, Dorset is far from being the centre of radical politics some may expect. Generally, across the centuries, it has resembled the rotten borough of Dunny on the Wold from Blackadder, in which the public...
As previously reported on Dorset Eye, on Saturday 24th July, protestors took to the streets of Bournemouth to highlight the lack of action from BCP Council since declaring a climate emergency 2 years ago.
Subsequently Deputy Leader of BCP Council, Cllr Philip Broadhead has said: "I was puzzled to hear the...
Today, 25 June, the Climate Change Committee are releasing a report that states the Government is failing to meet its 2050 zero carbon target, a target that is already dangerously too late.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Its...
Wherever we look at the moment power is corrupting people. The Tory government hold us all in contempt and the Conservative run council in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole also appear to be at it.
As reported by the BBC a couple of weeks ago two Conservative councillors were instructed to...
The gap between what Brexit promised and what the Government can deliver is finally obvious to everyone. Westminster is in chaos. Hard line Brexiters have rejected Brexit, they promise to renegotiate without having secured any agreement from Brussels to bring to the table. They don't care, they want a...
Been avidly watching The Big Match Revisited on Saturday mornings. Re-runs of the old football show showing matches from the mid-to-late 1970’s.
Some things make a stark contrast from today’s football: the shocking state of the pitches; back-passes which the ‘keepers (some of whom are not wearing gloves) pick up; and tackles that can only be described as ‘agricultural’ but...
All of these South West MP's voted AGAINST an ammendment that would have prevented the dumping of raw sewage.
Steve Double – St Austell
George Eustice – Camborne and Redruth
Liam Fox – North Somerset
Marcus Fysh – Yeovil
James Heappey – Wells
Simon Jupp – East Devon
Chris Loder – West Dorset
Cherilyn Mackrory – Truro...
21st November 2023 We represent a range of organisations and individuals working on audit and accountability, local government and local democracy. We are deeply concerned about the current situation in local government audit. In October, a cross-party group of MPs and Peers wrote to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, asking him not...
The Uniting the Conurbation group (‘UTC’) is pleased to learn that Christopher Chope MP and those Christchurch councillors who challenged the legality of the way in which the Minister and Parliament decided to create a single unitary authority for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have now abandoned their legal action. We...
