East Devon MP Hugo Swire appears to be out of favour.
This tarnished image is displayed in his own constituency:
Daily Archives: 20 Oct 2014
Are you a property development solicitor? EDDC has a job for you
Job Description
£33,998 – £37,578 per annum (plus Market Supplement of £1,239)
East Devon District Council is ambitious for our district and our residents. We live in a beautiful part of the world, with much of our landscape falling into an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As well as delivering great services every day, we plan carefully for a sustainable future by delivering quality jobs and good local homes for local people.
Joining our talented legal team, you will support our Corporate Legal and Democratic Services Manager in providing a highly efficient and effective legal service. You will offer your first-class legal advice mainly in property development and regeneration work to our council officers, committees and sub-committees outside bodies. You will draft, negotiate and complete related legal documents, as well as establishing and maintaining partnership agreements.
A qualified solicitor, you will bring plenty of in-depth knowledge in property development/regeneration. With relevant experience in these areas, you will advise and communicate with in-house clients and elected members on a range of complex matters. You will have an eye for detail and superb organisational skills, which will enable you to juggle a heavy workload. Flexible and innovative in your approach, you will make things happen and help us to positively develop new areas of practice.
With outstanding communication skills, you will be confident influencing others and providing high level advice in a clear and appropriate way. A valid driving licence and own car are essential (reasonable adjustments may be possible according to the Equality Act).
What to do if you don’t like your Leader
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29698476
Unfortunately, he is also the Mayor which is not quite so easy to change.
The (ex) Leader sacked the majority of his Cabinet (5 members out of nine) because they did not agree with his decisions, now his colleagues have decided to sack him.
Just shows what backbenchers can do … if they have the will.
More than 80 MPs (including south-west Tories) back cut in tourism VAT
Which puts them at odds with our (Tory) council which savaged Independent councillor Claire Wright when she suggested they too should support this. Many EU countries have low or no VAT for their tourism industries.
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/MPs-tourism-VAT-cuts/story-23271046-detail/story.html
However, our two MPs side with EDDC.
Coastal communities: will they change their voting patterns in the next election?
If the things that are currently happening in Exmouth (selling the seafront to the highest bidders, knocking down Elizabeth Hall), Budleigh (the Longboat, inappropriate development), Sidmouth (coastal erosion and job losses) and Seaton (strange statues in the wrong olaces and more retirement homes) it seems a good possibility!
86% of MPs think we trust them – 25% of us say we do!
If anything demonstrates the fact that politicians just have not understood us, this is it!
“David Babbs, executive director of 38 Degrees, added: “MPs don’t just speak a different language – they’re on a different planet to the rest of us.
“Ordinary people haven’t stopped caring about the way the country runs, but faith in tribal Westminster politics is crumbling. Giving voters the power to get rid of bad apple MPs would be the first step towards restoring people’s faith in politics.”
Still, 100% of us will be able to tell them what we really think when we vote in May 2015?
East Devon Watch 