Monday 28 November 9am - Radio interview ICR
Tuesday 29 November 5pm - School Governors Meeting, Sidegate Primary School
7.30pm - Suffolk Fabians Meeting, Citizens Advice Bureau
Thursday 1 December 6pm - Councillor training, Grafton House
Saturday 3 December 10.30am - Campaigning in North Ipswich
The highlight of my week was on Tuesday when I attended the launch of 'Labour Friends of the Forces' at the House of Commons and it was an honour to be chosen to be the advocate for the Eastern Region. I have already had some good conversations with Labour colleagues from Cambridge and Colchester about the way ahead.
This week we have had a number of senior Tories (with support from Lib Dem Cllr Ken Bates) moaning about the possible loss of the area forums - possibly to be replaced by area committees. These committees would have real power and also possibly a small budget. So strange the Tories so against it when they were so keen on locality budgets. The Tories talk about there being no consultation, in the North East of Ipswich we had a partnership meeting where the Area committees were discussed - guess what? None of the five Tory councillors turned up!
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I don't have a problem with the concept of the Area Committees, localism is a Lib Dem policy, but there are issues with the detail. There is also a massive issue with Predetermination as Cllr Martin has already written to the South East Forum to say they're being scrapped, when the decision hasn't been passed by the Executive.
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