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County Council slammed over education meeting snub

Cllr Gavin James has written to the leader of Hampshire County Council demanding and investigation into why the County Council failed to send anyone to the scrutiny committee to support joint working on improving schools in the borough. The Lib Dem group leader who has children attending local schools slammed the County Council sayings "This simply isn't good enough" and called for a "culture change in the attitude the County Council appears to have towards the people of Basingstoke and Deane." Gavin James says "It is time the County Council started working with us not against us and putting people first." The letter was sent after a meeting of the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council scrutiny committee held to understand the performance of secondary schools in Basingstoke which is behind that of both Hampshire and national outcomes.

Basingstoke Lib Dems condemn lack of unity over threat to children's centres

Liberal Democrats on Basingstoke and Deane took the unusual step of voting for both a Labour and Conservative motion on the future of children centres at the Full Council meeting on 31st March.

Basingstoke Lib Dems head to Bournemouth Conference

On Saturday 19th September, Liberal Democrats from Basingstoke will be heading to Bournemouth for the Party's

Janice Spalding - Thank You

Janice Spalding - why vote for me?

It has been a week since I got the phone call about my mother's death and it still seems a bit unreal that she has gone. I suppose that won't hit me until I fly up to Newcastle this Sunday. So why am I sharing this with you? Well it has made me stop and think what am I doing standing in this election? What is my purpose? What do I think I shall achieve? Will I make a difference? I know I don't have the answers to all these questions but I can try - if you don't try you will never know.