Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

There is no way you could use that money for election purposes end of story

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

Exactly. So let's all keep an eye open for any councillor that does.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

Whilst the general concensus on Accyweb does appear to be very strongly anti-PB, I am sure that it would be worthwhile if a larger proportion of Hyndburn residents could be made more aware of the nefarious practices that are being perpetrated.
I believe that the membership of Accyweb is approximately 25% of the population of Hyndburn. I do not know what the % relationship between members and the turnout at the last local election was, perhaps someone can advise, but obviously not all members can, or will, vote, but when one starts to apply various estimations of turnout and persuasion, it could easily turn out that H.E. could still be in power after May.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

As far as I know there are only four Accy Webbers living in Cllr. Britcliffe's ward, but he isn't up for re-election this year.

There may be more.

Who knows.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

Don't let the number of members fool you Barrie many have never ever posted on here at all, and a hell of a lot come from outside Hyndburn even the country, as you well know from experience;)

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

I hope that the people of Rishton will see just how much Cllr Britcliffe has done for the village and vote accordingly for his candidate in May.

The Conservatives seemingly can't even decide who their candidate is in Rishton this year as Cllr Horne has told me he is standing again yet a man in the gallery on Tuesday night told Clare Cleary (someone who put herself forward as Labour candidate last July) that he is standing this year for the Tories. Good luck to them all but the cynicism that is washing through Rishton at the moment regarding the cheques that are being handed out doesn't look good for the blues.

There is more to being a councillor than dishing out money every four years and the people know it.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

Smoke and mirrors Ken:D

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

I'm sure it impresses a man such as yourself just as much as it impresses me...

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

The minutes say allowances are expected to go up by 3.something per cent. Someones told me its nearer 4.7 %

Which is it?

The staff are getting f all.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

Why would council staff get extra, one man on his own does everything for Hyndburn, didn't you know that ? :rolleyes:

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The staff are ok about getting nothing, some people are being kicked out on redundancy. But it stinks that the politicians are getting such a big rise.

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Or that is what he would have us all believe.
I wonder if he wears his y fronts over his tights...imagination is working overtime :rolleyes:.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

None of the Labour councillors will be taking any rise this year and all new candidates have agreed that on election they will be receiving a basic allowance at this year's level.

Call it a token gesture if you will, Cllr Britcliffe, but I personally don't feel too comfortable telling everyone that redundancies have to be made whilst topping up my own wage.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

As a leader, he should be doing just that and leading by example....he should also be refusing any increase in his allowances.
I don't consider it tokenism....and the rank and file worker of HBC would then see 'we are all in it together'.

Re: Full Council - 1st & 9th March
 

i actually dont see why not go back to the old system ... you got expenses for the phone calls you made, the meetings you attended ie petrol/diesel used ... rather than a flat amount for the year ... as you volunteer to stand for council so you must want to do it .... and to me volunteering means giving your time for free ....