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Parkfield school

Campaign for community use of Parkfield School

Councillors from Springvale and Blakenhall ward have got together to try and keep part of the buildings on the Parkfield school site when its is vacated by the new Academy as they move to their new site in Bilston. Cllr Richard Whitehouse said, "There is a perfectly good swimming facility here which I am sure the local residents would like to be able to use and other buildings that would be good for community use." Cllr. Malcolm Gwinnett added, "There is also a fairly new Trade Craft building that could but utilised by local youngsters training for a building trade."

5 Nov 2010
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Highways cut to meet claims

The Conservative administration at County Hall has mismanaged Surrey's Highways to such an extent that Highways claims against the Council for damage and injury in respect of Highways are expected to reach £1.3m this year. This is not surprising given the large number of potholes on Surrey's roads, the delay in repairing them and the many poor quality repairs which did not last.

5 Nov 2010
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Dr. Stuart Emmerson

Cafe for Western Park?

Peter Coley and Stuart Emmerson are seeking Western Park residents views on bringing back a Cafe for Western Park.

5 Nov 2010
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Suffolk Outsourcing

I read with interest Richard Driscoll's concerns. (BFP 5/11/10), but he is fundamentally mistaken in his belief that the actions of Suffolk County Council in proposing to outsource services have any support from Liberal Democrats who, with the exception of one Councillor, voted against this proposal. Nor is this outsourcing anything to do with the Coalition Government which has clearly set out to protect vulnerable services. Indeed the Spending Review committed a extra £1 billion towards the local authority budget for Social Care, as well as £1 billion towards the care of the elderly being looked after by the NHS, so there is no need for any changes to Care Homes in Suffolk.

DC
5 Nov 2010
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