Tony Hogg, the Police and Crime Commissioner, will attend next month’s Overview and Scrutiny committee. EDA has heard that Councillors have been invited to offer questions to put to him before his presentation to the committee. Alternatively, Councillors can wait until the meeting itself, but Mr Hogg’s office have asked for notice of any questions where possible.
Daily Archives: 24 Oct 2014
Local unemployment figures at a record low
Information sent to us by an EDA correspondent, with a following comment:
An article on p.13 of today’s issue of Sidmouth Herald states:
“A fall in the number of people claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance in Sidmouth and in Ottery St Mary has contributed to the lowest Devon-wide claimant figures on record.”
61 claimants in Sidmouth
32 claimants in Ottery St Mary
0.9% of working age population v national average of 2.3%
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Only 61 claimants? How does that square with EDDC plans for 1,350 jobs planned for Sidford and their ambitions to reduce commuting?
Scary goings-on at EDDC, as Hallowe’en approaches
This letter from Tony Green of the East Devon Alliance, was published in today’s Sidmouth Herald, with the title, ‘Frightening stuff’ : As the nights draw in 18.10.14
Streetlife conversations
…show some disgruntlement with EDDC.
https://www.streetlife.com/p/wGsx0/
https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/w6mud6xf5wm3/
How many houses needed? …Feedback given to MPs
Is the present National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) based on correct targets?
The latest comments on the Parliamentary Enquiry into the NPPF are now visible on the national Community Voice on Planning website, so please see the home page for a link. http://covop.org/ .
East Devon Alliance is of course an active participant in CoVoP.
Express and Echo front page report on developers’ building spree in East Devon
Council vanity projects
Putting in the words “council new offices vanity projects” brings up SCORES of entries for councils all over the country wanting to spend millions and millions of pounds on themselves. Here are just a few entries from the first couple of pages. All of these examples have taken place in the last 5 years during which we have had a dreadful recession and austerity cuts and there are many more examples:
http://insidecroydon.com/2013/01/11/140-million-the-cost-of-our-councils-secrecy-and-vanity/
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics_2_480/coastal_new_council_offices_could_cost_millions_1_3158985
It’s rather ironic when pensioners are told to heat only one room because they can’t afford their heating bills to see councillors being profligate with our money because they want their taste of luxury.
East Devon Watch 