Thursday, 26 July 2012

No Jobseekers, No Sickies, No Dogs. Economic Cleansing at Stonebridge?

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Today I found out about a potentially disturbing and possibly illegal decision made about new lettings at the Stonebridge Park development o...
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Friday, 20 July 2012

We Pay As NCC Ramps Up the Guarding of JoCo's Secrets

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A couple of months ago I wrote about an Information Commissioner decision notice that looked like it might well open up some of the murkine...

Future Jobs Fund Report Arrives at Last

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....or most of it at least. Yes, in a surprise development, NCC has released a copy of the District Auditors report into Future Jobs Fund...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Batman Mystery Solved?

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Probably not the one you were thinking of. You will not have failed to notice there's a new Batman film coming out. Last summer, many ...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

New Discretionary Housing Payments Policy; It's, Erm, Not Brilliant

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When I asked my big question about Housing Benefits and DHPs to full council, Cllr Chapman's response mentioned 'local policy and c...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

What Freedom of Information REALLY Costs (Spoiler, a Lot Less Than JoCo Claims)

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I've occasionally touched on JoCo's often verging on the hysterical claims on how much the council spends on processing Freedom of ...
Thursday, 28 June 2012

Personal Data is Not 'Personal Data', Not When It's Gathered For the Purposes of the Workplace Parking Levy

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About a year ago I revealed that enforcement of the Workplace Parking Levy would involve officers in a vehicle equipped with Automatic Numb...
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Rumour Mill

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I'm hearing what is said to be a very solid rumour that a certain senior NCC councillor is planning an exit from local government and ha...
Friday, 15 June 2012

That Answer In Full; Why Housing Benefits Are 'Not Brilliant'

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I've just had the minutes through for the full council meeting on 11th June. I asked a question about problems with the Housing Benef...