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:| A LEVEL RESULTS FIASCO (20/09/02) CONSERVATIVES in Somerset welcome an independent inquiry into the A Level marking fiasco. Downgrading of thousands of A’ level papers has caused distress to students, parents, and schools in Somerse... Read More |
| TRAFFIC SOARS UNDER NEW LABOUR (02/09/02) MORE CARS, MORE FUMES, MORE LIES Labour promised us reduced traffic. John Prescott pledged in 1997, ‘I will have failed if in five years time there are not… far fewer journeys by ca... Read More |
| GOVERNMENT CHECKS CAUSE NIGHTMARE FOR SCHOOLS (30/08/02) Somerset Conservatives slam the Government’s incompetence in handling criminal checks on school staff. The responsibility for checking teachers, support staff and others who work with children... Read More |
| MANUFACTURING CRISIS (20/08/02) Figures reveal the manufacturing industry is at crisis point. Manufacturing output fell by 5.3 per cent between May and June on this year. This was the biggest monthly fall in percentage terms ... Read More |
| LABOUR U-TURN ON CARE STANDARDS (13/08/02) Conservatives this week welcomed a spectacular U-turn by the government on care standards regulations. The government has backed down on petty regulations and prescriptive rules about ... Read More |
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LIB DEM COUNCILLORS VOTE TO GIVE THEMSELVES PAY RISES
Senior Lib Dems at County Hall have come under fire for trying to give themselves pay rises at the same time as proposing to cut other Councillors' ... Read More
CONSERVATIVES SLAM "HYPOCRITE" MP
HARD TIMES
Ken Maddock, Leader of Somerset County Council explains why his Conservative administration will have to tighten the purse strings for a while yet:
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CONSERVATIVES SLAM "IRRESPONSIBLE" MP
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL DOING MORE FOR LESS
Residents in Somerset will welcome Somerset County Council's efforts to provide more for less in these difficult financial times.
As Somerset ... Read More
COUNTY COUNCIL BUDGET HIT BY DEBT DOUBLE-WHAMMY
Spiralling debt incurred by both the Labour Government and the former Lib Dem administration at County Hall has led to the drafting of an emergency ... Read More





