Monday, 5 April 2010

Last week's Full Council meeting, councillors Allowances and Kennet Meadows

Some good policy initiatives came out of last weeks full council meeting. The Labour Group put forward a freeze on all councillors allowances which the other parties supported. This makes Reading one of the lowest councils for paying out allowances in the SouthEast. Far lower than our Tory counterparts in Berkshire. The pattern of events normally run that the Tories oppose a rise in allowances whilst they are in opposition and then when they obtain power the allowances rise way above inflation. Examples of this are in Wokingham and Bracknell Forest. Mind you they won't get the chance to do this in Reading as they won't be in power after May.

Kennet Meadows.

I moved a motion that was unanimously supported by councillors for the Kennet Meadows to be made into a Trust for all the people. Cllrs instructed the Chief Executive to work with West Berkshire council to acquire land to create an environmental trust. This is currently a vision but will be possible, given the motivation and passion of environmentalists and local people and the leadership of our current council.

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