Way back in the year 2000, the Labour Government passed the Local Government Act that gave birth to the Executive (Cabinet) system. At about the same time, Pembrokeshire County Council revised its constitution to take account of the fact that almost all its activities were now the responsibility of the Executive – the so-called Cabinet... Read More »
Earlier this year I posted a critique of the council’s practice of including references to “cumulative” funding gaps and savings/cuts in budget reports. I pointed out that the amounts stated were not “cumulative” and were, therefore, mathematically meaningless. I also speculated that these misleading statistics were included in the reports in order to give the... Read More »
I sent a link to my previous post on the council tax to the Pembrokeshire Herald’s grandly-named “Chief Political Writer”. It occurred to me that he might either give my thoughts on the matter a wider airing or, if he disagreed with me, provide his readers with his more nuanced evaluation. I received a response dripping... Read More »
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