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New Cycle map launched

Tue 27th Jul 2010

Stevenage Borough Council has published a handy pocket sized map of the town's cycle routes. The map is available free of charge and is a comprehensive guide to Stevenage's 45 km of cycle paths.

cycle tracks (photography: Nick Baskerville)

Anger at Council Pay-Off

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

The Comet featured this story on Thursday, 1 July, 2010. It details how Stevenage Borough Council paid Peter Ollis, former chief executive almost £170,000 after he left his post.

Councillor Robin Parker

Trees Damaged by Herts Highways Contractor

Mon 12th Jul 2010

Three mature trees have been so badly damaged by Hertfordshire County Council contractors working for Herts Highways on pavement repairs at Mobbsbury shops, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, that the tree officer for Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) was called in and ordered the immediate removal of two of the trees and severe pruning of the third tree on safety grounds.

Damaged Trees

Borough Council's Sickness Rate highest in Herts

Fri 9th Jul 2010

Figures released this week by Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) reveal that sickness absence amongst the council's staff is over 40% higher than the next worst local council in Hertfordshire. Sickness absence levels at Stevenage Homes, which is the "arms length" organization running SBC's housing stock, is almost as bad, at over 33% higher than the next worst local council in Hertfordshire.

Councillor Robin Parker

Council pays Officials More Than 4 Times Local Newspaper Rate

Mon 5th Jul 2010

Recent scrutiny research by councillor Robin Parker, Liberal Democrat group leader on Stevenage Borough Council (SBC), has revealed that the Labour dominated council pay up to 17 p a copy for council officials to deliver 35,000 copies of the SBC propaganda magazine Chronicle, four times a year. A local newspaper pays its deliverers 4 p a copy - and each newspaper weighs over six times that of Chronicle.

Councillor Robin Parker

£16,000 Town Twinning Entertainment Inappropriate

Fri 2nd Jul 2010

Scrutiny research by Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) Liberal Democrat group leader, councillor Robin Parker, has revealed that the Labour dominated council spent about £16,000 of local council taxpayers' money in May on 4 nights and 2 days entertainment for some Labour and Conservative local councillors, SBC officials and 17 guests from the French and German twin towns of Autun and Ingelheim (7 from Autun and 10 from Ingelheim) - but there was only one business meeting in the weekend concerned.

County Councillor Robin Parker

Two Stevenage Borough Council Bungles

Wed 30th Jun 2010

Within the last week, Environment officials at Labour dominated Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) have notched up two separate location errors within Stevenage.

Mildway Road

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Stevenage General Election Result

Turnout: 44651 (65%)

41.4%
 
Conservative: 18491 (+6.4%)
33.4%
 
Labour: 14913 (−9.7%)
16.6%
 
Liberal Democrats: 7432 (−1.7%)

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Votes at the last local elections for four parties on Hertfordshire County Council
50.1%
 
Conservative
24.9%
 
Liberal Democrat
17.9%
 
Labour
3.7%
 
Green
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Stevenage General Election Result

Turnout: 41934 (63%)

42.9%
 
Labour: 18003 (−9%)
35.4%
 
Conservative: 14864 (+3.7%)
18.1%
 
Liberal Democrats: 7610 (+3.9%)

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Quotes of the Week

"People have been talking about Lords reform for over a century. The time for talk is now over."

Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister

Debate of Constitutional Reform, The Independent - 8 June

"Two welcome announcements have come from David Cameron and Nick Clegg in as many days. First, there are going to be major cuts in public spending. Second, they're going to be done with some finesse."

Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute

Guardian - 9 June

"The wasteful, bureaucratic and intrusive ID card scheme represents everything that has been wrong with government in recent years. By taking swift action to scrap it, we are making it clear that this government won't sacrifice people's liberty for the sake of Ministers' pet projects."

Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister

Comment on the announcement that ID cards are to be scrapped for British citizens within 100 days - 27 May