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My speech to Norfolk County Council about Nutrient Nutrality on 26.09.23 Chair, earlier this month the Government confirmed that it intended to scrap Nutrient Neutrality laws. Laws regarded ...

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I was back at Norfolk County Hall again on Tuesday for a Full Council meeting where I was pleased to support a Labour motion which received cross-party support calling for more to be done to stop...

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When you're a Councillor, and particularly at election time, you kind of get used to all manner of things being said about you. Some of it is a sort of twisted truth, some of it is a complet...

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  Chairman, we have all seen the decline of our high streets - both locally and nationally. It is important that we all recognise the value of these spaces economically, culturally, and recrea...

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Later today, the Suffolk County Council planning committee will be reviewing an application to create a new quarry and access route at Barnham. This application was tabled pre-covid but has been ...

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NCC MOTION ON SUPPORTING PEOPLE - MY SPEECH TO NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL 11.10.22: Chairman, if anyone genuinely believes that Norfolk residents are struggling today, solely because of Covid a...

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My speech to Norfolk County Council today on the Norwich Western Link: I objected to the Norwich Western Link on the basis that it is unaffordable and unjustifiable – unaffordable in fina...

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NORFOLK LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN My speech to Norfolk County Council 19/07/22 Picture is of Stuart Terry and Terry Land at one of the bus stops on Woodlands Drive which gets to see not a si...

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NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL BUDGET SPEECH 2022 (my first time seconding a county council budget amendment) Norfolk is a beautiful place to grow up and grow old in, but so much of what we value a...

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Social media can be very depressing at times, it gives you an insight in to people's thoughts and frankly it can be an ugly image sometimes. Take yesterday's online story on the EDP website for...

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Whilst out leafletting on 20th April I spotted this damage to a pathway on St John's Way which I reported to Breckland Council - very pleased to see today the repaired path when completing a mont...

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I first stood for Norfolk County Council in 2009. It was the year of the expenses scandal nationwide and Labour performed terribly. In Norfolk, Labour lost 19 seats and was reduced to a group of ...

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Having had chance to sleep, here's a couple of observations on the stats from the local elections in Thetford yesterday. I think possibly the saddest statistic is that the turnout for Thetford We...

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