1. January Council

    Democracy gained a small victory yesterday. A proposal from the leadership to ask for a review of allowances was in part defeated by a good cross-section of members. We all agreed that the allowances for the new council post the 2013 elections should be set by this council as that...
  2. Work for the New Year

    I have been raising the issue of people who live in ‘Park Homes’ in various arenas. At Council I have brought forward the need for these homes, sometimes called mobile homes to be properly insulated. Because the occupiers have to buy their electricity from the site owner rather than from the...
  3. Disappearing Services

    It is sad to report the continuing decline in service to the people of Cornwall. We know that many rural bus services especially across the eastern half of Cornwall are threatened. Even if they remain in place the frequency of buses is likely to be affected. I am at present...
  4. Budget 2012-13

    Well a surprise was that the Conservative half of the coalition was happy to accept our amendments to the budget, the downside was that this closed down the opportunity for debate on those proposals. Neither does it commit the administration to implementing the council tax freeze (which does not entail...