From the Facebook postings of County Council Conservative leader Barry Lewis, it would seem that the controlling Conservative group have apparently decided that road safety is, after all, a good thing, even when it costs money.
The claim made by Matt Hancock that there was never a shortage of PPE in the UK last year has not surprisingly been met with a barrage of criticism from health professionals.
On the 11th February Nick Gibb, Schools Minister for England, wrote to all Returning Officers in Local Authorities urging them to look for alternative venues if schools were required to close in order to act as Polling Stations for the May 6th elections. A reasonable request you might think, in order to minimise the time lost from the classroom although the simple solution of holding elections at the weekend (as in many other countries) might seem preferable.
How often have we heard phrases like ' we have found no instances of such and such a problem in this area'?
The Local Governement Boundary Commission has reported back on the submissions made by various people and organisations following their invitation to make suggestions on the ward boundaries for Derbyshire Dales.
Effective consultation is needed before this far reaching step is taken by Highfields School, Matlock County Cllr Sue Burfoot has written to Highfields School Chair of Governors to urge that effective consultation on proposed academisation is undertaken.
