Saltash Town councillors visited the Tamar Bridge on a blustery March day. It was eye-opening in more ways than one. Maintaining the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry costs nearly £20 million per…
I was away visiting family last weekend so took the opportunity to reflect on the last 2 years since I was elected to Cornwall Council. A lot has changed since I was on the Council in 2017,…
RECENTLY there has been real focus on water quality around Cornwall and particularly in my patch of Lostwithiel with a stretch of the river Fowey being chosen as one of 13 areas around the…
The main business at Full Council in Truro last Tuesday was setting the budget for the next financial year. Council Tax will rise by 4.99%. That’s not something anyone welcomes, but when bills go up,…
The main issue debated at Full Council meeting this week was the budget we will deliver from April. The Government has announced a three-year financial settlement, which has allowed us to plan…
It is easy for a Councillor to be so immersed in various meetings required for policies, strategies and budgets that we risk losing contact with residents. So it was good to get out in Liskeard…
At a Cornish secondary school, all 1,100 pupils have just taken part in a local election. Throughout February, the same ballot stations used in ‘grown-up’ elections are being taken into…
Save Our Bank! South East Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to stop Santander from closing their branch in Liskeard town centre. At the end of January, Santander announced…
I was relieved to be undercover at the Eden Project last week with several Liberal Democrat Councillors to support the Tourism and Hospitality sector, a major part of our economy. Ironically…
At Full Council last week, councillors heard that Cornwall Council’s budget calculations are being revised after the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement confirmed that Cornwall will…
