Janice Spalding - Thank You
I should like to say how grateful I am to those people in Basingstoke and the surrounding area who voted for me in the General...
9 May 2015
Local News
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.
6 May 2015
Liberal Democrat Janice Spalding announces £250 carer’s bonus for 1,010 carers in Basingstoke
Liberal Democrats will give people give 1,010 carers in Basingstoke a £250 'Carer's Bonus' for looking after loved ones who are older, disabled or seriously ill.
23 Apr 2015
Janice Spalding – No more pay cuts for nurses, teachers & police in Basingstoke
Public sector workers in Basingstoke deserve to feel the benefits of the economic recovery by receiving pay increases by at...
22 Apr 2015
Janice Spalding joins Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to shine a spotlight on the appalling underworld of backstreet dog breeding
Janice Spalding is backing a new campaign by leading animal welfare charity, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to urge prospective dog...
JS
9 Apr 2015
Ron Hussey's record of Action
Ron Hussey has been the borough councillor fro Grove 24 years he has lived in Grove for 40 years. All year and every year Ron keeps you informed of what action he has taken, what he is doing and what is to come. So here is a little summary.
7 Apr 2015
2025 Local Elections
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services.
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services. Amidst the uncertainty caused by the incompetence of our two major political parties, long the pillars of our political establishment, as citizens we have lost hope in a better tomorrow.
Whilst Conservative mismanagement of the economy and its destruction of services did us all no favours, Labour has failed to fulfil its election promises. Badly. From winter fuel payments to job taxes and destroying family farms through ill judge inheritance tax changes, we have seen it all.
Furthermore, we have recently suffered from a stitch up in the cancellation of the elections in Hampshire. This was proposed by the Conservative County Council and adopted with speed by the Labour government. All in the interests of efficiency as we move to Local Government Reorganisation. This has led to a major democratic deficit, and we have a Conservative administration which in all probability would have been voted out of office. If you run a business £200,000,000 in the red and not delivering on its contracts, then you would go to the wall. In the case of Hampshire County Council, it is clear that turkeys do not vote for Christmas.
This also raises problems for Local Government Reorganisation where the primary local driver, Hampshire, has no democratic mandate. It also appears to be driven by narrow self-interest rather than the public interest which we deserve. How do we move forward? Rather than adopting a justified “plague on all your houses”, voters should look at the values and competence of the candidates and parties. Clearly Labour and the Conservatives are not the answer.
Councillor Luigi Gregori
Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson NW Hants