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Eastleigh’s Town Councillors were shocked to learn that the Conservative led County Council have discovered a shortfall in places for Year R this coming September – an anticipated shortfall of 50 places. The expectation is that the shortfall will increase in coming years. The county are blaming this on parent choice and a rising birthrate which...
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Hedge End’s Town Councillors have voted to allow themselves to claim Travel and Subsistence expenses on official business that is conducted outside of the Town boundaries. Facing the unenviable task of having to vote on this recommendation in times of austerity and with public opinion still less than charitable sometimes, following the MP’s expenses...
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Eastleigh Council have been accused of ‘steamrollering through’ their decision to purchase the Rose Bowl cricket stadium for £6.5 million. John Martin, a West End resident and Ukip activist challenged a poorly attended meeting of the performance and policy panel last Wednesday over the haste the council had shown in pursuing the proposed deal. Mr Martin...
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Only 4 out of the 12 Councillors expected to attend a meeting of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Panel scheduled for Wednesday (January 11) actually turned up on the night. The Chair, Cllr Pamela Holden-Brown, was joined by Cllr’s Grejewski, Mignot and Sullivan while Vice Chair Tonia Craig, along with Cllr’s Cross, Noyce, M...
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Hedge End Town Council’s Community & Culture Committee returned to business as usual this evening, after failing to raise a quorum in December. Present this evening were Cllr Lousie Bloom, Cllr Daniel Clarke, Cllr Cynthia Garton and Cllr Stan Sthankiya, which was sufficient to form a quorum. Apologies were formally received from Cllr Hicks,...
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Bill Luffman, one of Eastleigh’s longest serving Labour Party stalwarts and a former councillor has died. Eastleigh Labour party has released the following statement: Eastleigh Labour Party is sad to announce that former Eastleigh Borough Councillor, Bishopstoke Parish Councillor and active Trade Unionist Bill Luffman passed away this morning. Bill was a Labour Party...
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Ken Thornber, leader of Hampshire County Council has accused Eastleigh’s Lib Dem boss Keith House of leaking a confidential memo to the press after a blunder by an Echo hack left Cllr Houses ‘fingerprints on the story’. Ken Thornber had emailed all County Councillors, including the Lib Dem opposition leader Keith House, with the...
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Eastleigh Borough Council has confirmed that it will be freezing its Council Tax for 2012 and setting a council tax of 1% below inflation for 2013 providing borough residents with a ten year period of below inflation council tax. Following the Government’s Autumn Statement the council has had confirmation of its financial settlement for...
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A lively meeting of Hedge End’s Town Council, saw discussion of Eastleigh’s draft local plan stifled once again this evening. Cllr Jane Welsh, who was chairing the meeting, reminded the Council that the closing date for comments on the draft local plan was 3rd January 2012 and she hoped that everybody would respond. Once...
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Representatives from Hedge End Town Council visited the German town of Möckmühl last weekend, at the invitation of Ulrich Stammer, the Mayor of Möckmühl. The Hedge End Town Council website reports that this trip was personally funded, rather than at the Council Taxpayers expense, and that the purpose of the trip was to discuss twinning...
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