Blog Posts

  • Senior Management Restructuring – Environment Services

    Yesterday the Council’s Appointments Committee met and interviewed candidates for the two Service Director roles within the reshaped Environment Services senior team. The following Appointments have been made: * Service Director, Strategy and Development: Graham Hughes * Service Director, Infrastructure Management and Operations: John Onslow Very sadly, with the reduced number of senior roles in… Read more

  • Busy day in the office

    The day started at 0800 in Shire Hall going through my diary for the week with my PA. This was followed by a full and frank discussion with a fellow councillor who needed some guidance on how best to perform as a councillor. At 0930 I chaired the Leaders and Chief Officers group. These are… Read more

  • Armed Forces Day

    On Monday I was honoured to be invited to ceremony to celebrate Armed Forces Day. it was held outside Shire hall. I was there, with the chief exec, cabinet and the leader of the labour group. No Lib Dem leader though. School children and members of the British Legion were present. There were cadets who… Read more

  • Meeting with Ministers – Grant Shapps

    On Tuesday I was invited to London to meet with Grant Shapps. It seems that new and young councillors were being gathered together to help identify barriers that councillors face. Clearly I only met the criteria on new not young despite my new tag as “new kid on the block” in the local press. The… Read more

  • Rod Craig memorial event

    I was very pleased to have been part of a memorial event for Rod Craig. This was held at Shire Hall on Wednesday for colleagues and friends from the council and other partner organisations. It was informal and had a happy rather than sad feel to it. Everyone seemed content to be celebrating the life… Read more

  • GCP – surprising Lib Dem vote

    You will have read the blog about the GCP. In order to return the public money to the public purse a vote at the full board was required. Firstly, we would need to vote down the transfer of the money to a shell company, that we knew nothing about, and then vote on a new… Read more