‘Maintain our status as having the lowest council tax outside London’? Today RBWM has the lowest Council Tax outside London – and is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. In my opinion…
Author: ecwlarcombe
Consultation on River Basin Management Plans
The Working Together public consultation opens on 14 November 2024 for 6 months on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/river-basin-planning-working-together-2024. This is the first consultation of three in the process of reviewing and updating the river basin management plans,…
Asylum seekers return to Datchet
Extract from Mailonline 15-11-2024 Families in pretty Windsor village [Datchet] say they are selling up – after claiming migrants being housed in their local hotel have turned it into a ‘hellhole’ Furious…
Major 14-hour fire in Barrow submarine assembly hall
This is an interesting extract (from the Nuclear Information Service website) about a problem in Barrow. I can confirm that you will be paying for this event. A fire, which erupted in…
Flood areas are not poor enough to help?
This report is from March 2004. Here we are 20 years later – now too poor to be helped – and entirely due to RBWM failure to contribute to ‘partnership funding’.
An alternative view of the Autumn 2024 Budget
Budget – 30th October 2024 – by Ian Thompson
Question for RBWM Council Meeting 20-11-2024
Member Question for 20-11-2024 RBWM Council Meeting Question to Cllr. Coe please – At our RBWM Council Meeting on 11-3-2024 it was RESOLVED unanimously that this council takes immediate action to ensure…
Corporate Report on Defra spending – 2024/25
Extracts from Defra Corporate report Defra’s Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 memorandum Published 17 July 2024 Overview – The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview and analysis of the…
West Berkshire Council urges residents to prepare for flooding
Extract from BBC News 28-10-2024 People need to do what they can to prepare for predicted flooding this winter, a council has said. Councillors on West Berkshire District Council have warned the…
Questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting 30/10/2024
Background and questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting 30-10-2024 Item 6 – CIPFA Report I am here to identify and highlight past and future flood related matters with geopolitical financial implications that may…