Thank you to James Tourgout of Dorset Echo for calling attention to the consultation on whether elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough council will change from 'election by thirds' to electing all councillors at one time every four years (https://www.dorsetforyou.com/all-out-elections). Given the fact that WPBC does not have the...
“Terminally slow (and bad) service from the bone idle bitches at Costa Dorchester today, they all need a good beating.” Facebook - the domain where people say what they don't mean to those who they choose to see what they don't mean. Apparently! It tends to be family, friends and...
Bournemouth Borough Council has announced that it will release £23M of its financial reserves to “safeguard services and invest in a variety of schemes” and also “lower council tax by 0.7 per cent to ensure residents will not have to pay any extra this year”. Only time will tell...
Jim Murphy Shadow Secretary of State for Defence will be at Weymouth Community Fire Station on Thursday 7 Feb, 5-6 p.m. to meet people on the "Your Britain consultation", www.yourbritain.org.ukfocus on youth? Anyone welcomePlease spread the word to anyone who might be interested. Lee Dalton
Poole's MP Robert Syms has taken full advantage of the new expenses rules that have forbidden MP's claiming mortgage interest for second homes in London since 2010 according to expenses posted online at www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk From his first election in 1997 until 2010 Mr Syms claims over £20,000 each and...
As cuts to adult social services start to bite and social security payments are capped, Councillor Paul R Kimber, the Labour & Cooperative Councillor (who’s also standing for Dorset County Council in Portland Tophill this May), wants to hear from people on Portland who are caring for relatives or...
The Green Party has announced that it opposes the concept of police commissioners and will not be standing a candidate in the election of a Police Commissioner for Dorset on November 15th. At present, policing is not part of the British electoral system. Instead it is monitored and supervised...
Trades unions and community groups have called on the Bournemouth and Poole College to withdraw its support for the government’s discredited Work Programme which seeks to coerce the unemployed into unpaid work, after it emerged the college was encouraging employers on their website to “Try before they buy” –...
A New Draft Local Plan for West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland
