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I have no problem with Cllr. Branley’s allowances…..
….so long as she tells the people of Westoe ward about them. So after years and years of not claiming any allowance for giving up her time to serve as a South Tyneside District councillor Jane Branley...
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Councils maxing out the credit card
A little light relief for South Tyneside tax payers I’m already getting pretty tired of the lacklustre economic performance of the Conservative led coalition government still labouring under the debt...
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Have I missed out on a tax reduction?
Labour’s Iain Malcolm in odd statement Cllr. Iain Malcolm, Labour’s Leader of South Tyneside District council is quoted today as saying: “We have been able to reduce council tax year on year since I...
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David Miliband using tax loophole for avoidance
Annual tax savings estimated at six figures! South Shields’ part time MP David Miliband may add another couple of words to his CV having been variously described as a globe trotter, Labour leadership...
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South Tyneside Council prefers to tax widows, divorcees, and single people!
Council amongst group who wish to see discount abolished. Currently, if you are a single person living in a household you are entitled to a 25% reduction on your council tax bill, presumably because...
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Cllr. McCabe’s finest moment.
Why does one councillor spend so much time effort and risk in attempting to stop a legal action? Cllr. John McCabe has some fine words published in the Shields Gazette this evening, as we learn that...
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All in it together
Of course they are! “We are all in this together” may have been the most prophetic words uttered by Conservative Leader David Cameron following the post crash demise of the last Labour government,...
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Reducing the number of South Tyneside councillors
Populist move from one current and one former councillor Well it certainly might be an idea that gains the backing of a large section of the community eager to see the perceived wasting of money...
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Inflation busting pay rises are bad politics
20% rise for South Tyneside cabinet members described as “slight” OK, so the full amount in the pot has not changed, but this comment by Cllr. Iain Malcolm the Leader of South Tyneside Council is...
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It’s party time!
What is beneath the gloss? So now that the Diamond Jubilee parties are over and we bask a little longer in the glow, the next party is upon us from tomorrow in the shape of a footballing feast known...
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