JACONELLI: An Open Letter to NYCC Leader Carl LES an Open Letter by NIGEL WARD, to County Councillor Carl LES (who was recently elected Leader of North Yorkshire County Council) on the subject of former NYCC Councillor and predatory and [...]
Carl Les has become the new leader of the Conservative group on North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC). Les was unopposed for the post. It is now expected that Cllr Les will become the new leader of NYCC when it meets [...]
School Safeguarding: Appeal For Information an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, appealing to Year 12/13 Whitby students, former students, mentors, teachers and parents who may be able to provide information in strictest confidence in relation to serious allegations [...]
Sir Greg KNIGHT: Silence Is Brazen an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on the curious case of the Conservative PPC whose election material trotted out a false claim regarding the Tories’ record on immigration. ~~~~~ Background [...]
Toxic Tory Trots Out Phony Immigration Figures – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a classic case of Conservative creative accountancy. ~~~~~ “Net Migration Rate” (also known as the net immigration rate) is defined by The [...]
NYCC: Why So Resistant To Scrutiny? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on Yorkshire Councils’ extraordinary resistance to be filmed/recorded. Are our Councillors satisfied that “transparency” and “accountability” are being upheld? Are we? ~~~~~ Despite statutory clarification [...]
NYCC: A Sea-View In Pitch Darkness an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on a potential legal challenge to NYCC’s proposed prohibition of on-street parking by motor-home users in the Borough of Scarborough. ~~~~~ Background There has been [...]
Councils: The Law Is An Ass an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, who, with one eye on the elections, now highlights (again) the all-too-common local authority practice of implementing Bye-Laws for the prime purpose of extorting revenue from [...]
Public Inquiry Needed To Determine Controversial North York Moors Potash Mine Plan [PRESS RELEASE] The Campaign for National Parks has called for a public inquiry to examine plans to develop the world’s largest potash mine in the North York Moors. [...]
County & District Councillor’s Registers of Interests an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on some apparent discrepancies relating to the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 on the part of a rather high-profile Ryedale District Councillor and [...]