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:| LIB DEM MISMANAGEMENT MUST BE REMEDIED (20/02/02) At today’s full Council meeting, Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors voted through a 12.9% rise in Council Tax. Whilst the Conservative group acknowledges the difficulties caused by central... Read More |
| LETTER - COUNCIL TAX RISE 12.9% (18/02/02) Dear Editor, Somerset County Council is setting a Council Tax 12.9% above last year’s level. Together with the Police Authority increase of 14.8% and the District Councils’ increase, thi... Read More |
| CONSERVATIVE LEADER, JOHN SMEATON'S SPEECH TO COUNCIL (20/02/02) I, like the rest of Somerset, deplore the proposed 12.9% increase in Somerset’s Council Tax. No-one could possibly welcome an increase on such a scale. I believe it is an entirely un... Read More |
| INTERFERING GOVERNMENT NAIL IN COFFIN OF PARISH COUNCILS (12/02/02) For over 100 years, Parish Councils have been an indispensable part of the local government in rural areas. They perform vital tasks in a village – maintaining footpaths, commenting on pla... Read More |
| COUNTY PLANS FOR A371 TOO CONFUSED FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING (08/02/02) The recent refusal by DTLR to fund the County Council’s Central Somerset Access Strategy has been placed firmly at the door of the County Council’s Highways and Transport department under ... 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
The current MP for Yeovil, David Laws, has been branded a hypocrite by Conservatives at County Hall.
This follows his inaccurate claim that f... Read More
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
Conservatives in County Hall have expressed dismay at the latest unhelpful and inaccurate pronouncements by the current Taunton MP, Jeremy Browne.
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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
LIB DEMS IN MELTDOWN OVER NUCLEAR
Lib Dems in Somerset face a meltdown after a split emerged over a key policy.
Even though national Lib Dem policy is strongly anti-nuclear,... Read More
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