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Crass comments by the Leader of Norfolk County Council on the heatwave

The Leader of Norfolk County Council, Andrew Proctor, is reported to have said, “If we were on a beach in Crete or Corfu we’d be lying there, perhaps with our second coffee and maybe our first brandy of the morning, in that sort of situation” referring to the UK heatwave. What does Mr Proctor now […]

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Controversial appointment to a key committee at Broadland District Council

The Conservative leader of Broadland Council has replaced the Liberal Democrat chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee with a Conservative chair. This means the chair of the committee appointed to scrutinise the Conservative dominated committees and cabinet is himself a member of the Conservative majority. It goes against the ethics of open and transparent […]

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Greed before need

Green parish councillor in the Plumsteads Andrew Cawdron, writes in the EDP about a developer wanting to create a significant new business park along the A11 corridor near Barton Mills. It’s yet another example of benefits to the developer at the expense of high-quality agricultural land (which we need for multiple purposes including growing food, […]

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