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In these increasingly hard economic times we whole heartedly support the plans of the Suffolk Strategic Partnership (www.transformingsuffolk.co.uk) to bring new jobs to Suffolk and create additional training opportunities and will actively encourage high...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk education & jobs by Jane Evans on 05-23-2009
Time to call a halt on the SnOasis farce?

Over recent weeks, we've yet again seen Godfrey Spanner's PR machine bleating on about how government bureaucracy is holding up SnOasis. While I'm no fan of government bureaucracy, this time that's complete twaddle. The truth is that the...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 10-05-2009
Transforming education in Suffolk - are we ready or will we lose out?

Suffolk is in wave 6 of the Governments Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, which means that the County Council could shortly be going out to tender to get a private sector partner on board to build new, rebuild existing or refurbish all...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk education & jobs by Jane Evans on 04-28-2009

Filed under: education, Schools, ICT, BSF
What should be built on the SnOasis site?

If SnOasis is a commercial non starter, what, if anything, should be built on the site instead? Time for a proper local debate among the people that are affected by it, not remote developers interested only in making money and council officials who are...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 10-05-2009

Filed under: snoasis, Gt Blakenham
A 21st century education in Suffolk

We would like to know what you think about education issues affecting the county, including your views on Suffolk County Council’s review for a county wide 2 tier education system from 2011. At Suffolk Together we are trying to ensure that proper...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk education & jobs by Jane Evans on 03-29-2009
Police investigate dumping of 20,000 tons of rubble dumped in SnOasis newt pond

Police are investigating the dumping of 20,00 tons of rubble in a pond that contained protected great crested newts. The pond is on the proposed SnOasis development site whose owners, Onslow Suffolk, have yet to obtain a license from Natural England to...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 04-28-2009
The letter the East Anglian doesn't want you to read

The following letter has been sent to the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Evening Star but, mysteriously, they have'nt printed it. We wonder why? Is SnOasis dead in the water? Sir, Despite the many recent protestations from SnOasis developer...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 05-13-2009

Filed under: snoasis, Suffolk ski slope, East Anglian Daily Times
Time to ditch the soap dispensers and go back to real soap to reduce packaging?

Just thinking of the kinds of products we all love to buy these days - I am a guilty as the rest when it comes to being won over by convinience and great marketing. One of the most recent trends in our soap purchasing habits - Has anyone considered how...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk energy and waste issues by Amber Newman on 05-06-2009

Filed under: reduce packaging
Planning constraints on SnOasis - don't let the developers off the hook!

You may well have seen Mr Godfrey Spanner, Managing Director of Onslow Suffolk Ltd, on TV last week bemoaning that the SnOasis project is coming off the rails because of a minor wording glitch in the planning consent. That is absolutely not the case and...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 05-26-2009

Filed under: snoasis, planning conditions
Waste - a major headache for Suffolk

The Government has acknowledged that the single most important issue we faced as a global community is climate change - that is before the credit crunch. The government has targeted reducing carbon emissions by 29% by 2020, but it has not grasped the...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk energy and waste issues by admin on 03-04-2009

Filed under: waste policy, incinerators, suffolk
Is it time to shake up politics and move away from “establishment” political figures?

Ben Gummer, who is a Conservative candidate in Ipswich for the next General Election is the son of John Gummer. For those of you that are lucky to be young enough not to remember, John Gummer was the Minister for Agriculture in 1990 during the BSE crisis...

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk community issues by Michael Hallatt on 05-31-2009
Hello from Michael Blakenham

Hello there, I'm Michael Blakenham and for those who don't know it, I'm a district councillor for Bramford and Blakenham, and together with Steve Wright in next door Somersham we represent the Suffolk Together party on the Mid Suffolk District...

Posted to Councillor Michael Blakenham's Blog by Michael Blakenham on 03-27-2009

Filed under: suffolk government restructuring, suffolk, Mid Suffolk District Council
Rubble on the newt pond.

Twenty thousand tons of rubble has been dumped on the second best Snoasis newt pond. This reckless disregard of the rules does not give much hope for the remainder of the wildlife, including eighty species of breeding birds, that currently inhabit the...

Posted to Councillor Michael Blakenham's Blog by Michael Blakenham on 04-28-2009
Dissolve Parliament now!!!!!

I think the queen should dissolve parliament now and a general election held.

Posted to Soapbox: Suffolk community issues by Michael Hallatt on 05-21-2009
SnOasis Director sued for £3.5m

It seems it never rains but it pours for the SnOasis developers. A couple of weeks ago, their main investor, Ireland based First Equity group went into liquidation. Now Tom Dowling, a director of 4 Onlow companies, the group behind SnOasis, is being sued...

Posted to Soapbox: SnOasis issues by Keith Willetts on 04-14-2009

Filed under: snoasis, mid suffolk district council

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