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Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | yesterday
... one of them not have been bumped. Anyway I have not received a response to my complaint yet but Daisy Benson, a Lib Dem councillor from Reading ( who blogs here ) was one of the other people to complain and she mentioned on Twitter that she has received a response today. Here it is: Thank you for your e-mail regarding 'Question Time': We forwarded concerns on this issue to 'Question...
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Bracknell Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Scrutiny Panel re More Problems for South Central Ambulance Service and Bracknell Healthcare Cover Daisy Benson Redlands Liberal Democrat Councillor has asked if members of the public can attend a meeting of the Housing, Health and Community Care Scrutiny Panel. Daisy Benson chairs this meeting and she is concerned that there is ‘Too little accountability in local...
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Reading List (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... the Labour administration in Reading has come under attack on similar grounds.Cllr Daisy Benson raised via the social network Twitter that Reading's Christmas lights are being left on during the daytime, wasting high levels of electricity.As the conversation grew twitterers said they were also angry that shop windows are left burning throughout the night and that it was the same last...
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... But what message does leaving them on all day send out about environmental responsibility? (Cllr Daisy Benson) ‘Consultation’ Who are you kidding National Grid? The beauty of an underground superconductor cable system would be that it would not only remain hidden, but the transmission of power from future expansion of energy in the South West (from renewable resources such as the...
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Independent Jones (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... release of official case-work figures shows what a lie this is. As ever Councillors Page and Benson top the list, but many others appear to be doing next to nothing. The Top 10 Case loads between July and October 2009 were: Tony Page (LAB, Deputy Leader) - ABBEY - 69 Daisy Benson (Lib Dem) - REDLANDS - 50 Gareth Epps (Lib Dem) - KATESGROVE - 47 Mike Orton (LAB) - WHITLEY -...
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Reading List (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... your Council Taxes or registering for other services does not give you the vote.Redlands' Cllr Daisy Benson that the official audit will conclude on 22nd November and that this it is important to ensure election fraud can't cheat residents of their real choices.This is particularly relevant locally, given that postal vote fraud has twice been confirmed in Berkshire in recent years.In...
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Reading List (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... University's Palmer Building to discuss the issue of female representation in politics.Cllr Daisy Benson was joined by her party colleagues Baroness Susan Thomas and Susan Kramer MP and notes some shocking statistics:Only 19% of MPs are womenBritain lags behind Afghanistan, Australia, Rwanda, Belarus, Pakistan, New Zealand and 27 other European states (in terms of the number of women...
