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But how will we pay for it Mr Jarvis

Two months have now elapsed since the closing date for council taxpayers’ submissions to Herefordshire’s LDF consultation exercise.  Yet despite the marvels of electronic data analysis, officials remain resolutely schtum on what the public told them about roads, housing, jobs or hospitals.   So the sole bell-wether on which to rely must be Its Our County’s [...]

A Week in the Life Of … Cllr Jim Kenyon

For those of you who wonder just what Councillors do, here is an example from It’s Our County Jim Kenyon.  It is the first in a series we hope to run.  It shows just how busy Jim is and how very d...

Government Knocked Back over Solar and Planning

Two political developments happened just before Christmas that will have consequences for everyone, even us folk here in Herefordshire.  It was Large against Small, Centralised against De-centralised...

Letter to the Spectator From Quentin Letts; Nov 2011

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In Your Dreams …

Herefordshire Council Conservatives must be looking with hope at George Osborne’s Tuesday budget, its surely got to have something in it...

The ‘Greening’ of Broad Street

Is the council’s plan to tinker with the layout of this street genuine environmentalism, or just a ruse to bolster city centre retail sale...