Scarborough Borough Council is to be abolished in a nationwide local government reorganisation. The news comes as no surprise to viewers of independent news sites such as UK Column who’ve been reporting of major changes and a repurposing of UK [...]
Council Tax Dodging Councillors – UPDATE Readers may recall a series of NYE articles, based on responses to my Freedom of Information requests – dealing with Councillors serving at a ’round dozen’ billing authorities in our general area, whose recalcitrance [...]
RDC: Council Tax Dodging Councillors In response to a Freedom of Information request to Richmondshire District Council, in the following terms: For each of the financial years 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 until the date of your response: (1) [...]
The Great Yorkshire Parking Rip-Off an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining an astonishing case of public corporation greed, backed by the highwayman’s demand – “Your money or your goods and chattels!”. ~~~~~ On Monday 7th December 2015, [...]
Richmondshire district councillor Malcolm Gardner has been disciplined after a standards hearing found him guilty of breaching the council’s information systems acceptable use policy by using his council faptop laptop to view porn. The standards committee ruled that Gardner had [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Brian TYLDESLEY, who writes to share with us his letter to his local ‘rag’ about how business is conducted by public servants in the District of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, On Friday [...]
Despite repeated calls to reform the system nearly £32,000 per annum is being overpaid to Councillors across North Yorkshire in the form of an IT / Broadband Allowance. Over the last four years around £125,000 has been overpaid to Councillors [...]
