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 [...]
School Governor ‘Hatchet-Job’ Investigation – Outcome an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the outcome of the ‘Independent’ Investigation into the bigotry and chicanery behind the ousting of the Chair of the Eskdale School Board of [...]
Until recently, if you wanted to contact your local councillor at East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC), you would browse the ERYC website, find the list of councillors, work out which was your local councillor and then access their contact [...]
SBC: Revenue Raptors – Parking Predators an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the contention that Scarborough Borough Council is a giant leech when it comes to revenue – and a miser when it comes to service provision and [...]
Back in the summer of 2014 we ran an article which stated that North Yorkshire Police (NYP) had received a complaint that relates to alleged criminal misconduct by officers of North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and that North Yorkshire Police [...]
