Well done, you’re through your first full week back at work in 2023. Hopefully your snorkel is getting a bit of respite as the rain seems to momentarily have dried up. Yesterday bombing around Buckinghamshire with a satnav apparently set to adventure mode, I determined that water can indeed run uphill as I encountered flooded […]
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Happy New Year! I trust you have returned refreshed and revived, ready to meet the challenges of 2023 head on. Free January training commences next week. The most popular courses were snapped up quickly but there are still places available on our other courses and I urge you to click on the link at the
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Dear Clerks This will be the last View for 2022 which has been a full and challenging year for all of us. We started the year, required by law to meet face to face despite the understandable hesitation of many members. We sat in draughty rooms, muffled not only by masks, but with hats, coats
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The change in temperature has reminded us that winter is here and with it will come challenges for all with keeping warm. Do have a look what support is available in your locality and share it with your residents via your websites and noticeboards. Many without internet have no idea that so much support is
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BMKALC urges all members to consider supporting Dr Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, who has tabled a NEW early day motion (EDM) calling on the Government to re-visit its response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life report on local government ethical standards, including the introduction of tougher sanctions to deal with poor
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Dear Clerks and Councillors Clerks Please circulate to your Councillors I hope you enjoyed your break from my ramblings last week. Whilst I had completed a round trip journey to Gt Yarmouth and home by 2:30 on Friday and was back at my desk by 3:30pm, I was frankly beyond making too much sense and
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Dear Clerks and Councillors Clerks Please circulate to your councillors Our first week in October is under our collective belts and we have three weeks to our Conference, don’t tell me you didn’t know! Conference 2022 – Climate Change Practical Local Actions October 25th book now. The ticket sales have been going brilliantly and as
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Please see below some guidance from the NALC legal team. Further guidance will be issued as things develop and become clearer. Yesterday evening, 8 December, the Prime Minister announced a move to Plan B in England following the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in the UK. The government last night issued guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-confirms-move-to-plan-b-in-england and expects to issue
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