Kill the Regional Assemblies !

steve allison · 01-02-2005, 11:14 AM

Hello all, this appeared in the Northwich Guardian today (1st February 2005). The beginning of the end????

Steve Allison UKIP NE Regional Organiser

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CHESHIRE County Council is set to deliver a serious blow to the North West Regional Assembly by giving a year's notice to quit the organisation.
The council's Executive was advised by the strategic policy panel to announce that it will withdraw from the assembly on March 31, 2006.
Cheshire's Tory administration is deeply dissatisfied about the management methods, increasing costs, bureaucracy and lack of transparency of the Assembly.
Leaders also doubt whether its current objectives are in the best interests of the people of Cheshire.

Communications Executive member Eveleigh Moore Dutton, recently resigned as vice chairman of the Assembly's European Affairs Key Policy Group, believing that the county's Council Tax payers were not benefiting adequately from membership.
Conservative authorities across the North West would like to see the Assembly's main delegated planning, transport and waste functions transferred to a newly empowered North West Local Government Association.

Council leader Paul Findlow said protracted difficulties had led to them seeking fundamental change, without success.
He said: "There has to be a limit on the amount of member and officer time that we can devote to a body which is being run in an unacceptable manner and has little benefit to the people we are elected to serve.
"We believe it is time for the Assembly to change - or die."

A report to the panel from regional policy advisor Robert Elliott said members should consider the extent to which the NWRA was involved in issues that did not have regional significance.
Opposition leaders Derek Bateman and Sue Proctor also have concerns about the Assembly but want to try to influence it from the inside.

Hartlepool · 01-02-2005, 01:36 PM

More good news,it just gets better by the minute,if it continues like this I won't be able to stand it.

mkpdavies · 01-02-2005, 01:43 PM

Great news!

I need all the good news I can get, keep it coming!

eublues · 01-02-2005, 04:26 PM

Everything we can do to kill these regional assemblies the better, but it will be like a bush fire - as you smother one bit it will spark back to life somewhere else. The government has planted this 'regional' business pretty widely (of course the Tories started it).

For example, all higher education institutions are now identified with a particular region, and there is said to be a 'regional dimension' to all higher education policy. UCAS (the admissions clearing house) produces a map showing all HE institutions across the UK with the euro-regions shown in different colours.

Optimus Prime · 01-02-2005, 08:52 PM

Lots of Tory councils are doing this, a little bird mentioned that neighbouring Trafford might do similar.

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Everything we can do to kill these regional assemblies the better, but it will be like a bush fire - as you smother one bit it will spark back to life somewhere else

We? We? You're obviously a former Liberal Democrat for taking the credit for other peoples work. SHAME ON YOU!

Anthony Butcher · 01-02-2005, 10:18 PM

It may well have been Roger Knapman who instigated this. He sent a letter to every councillor in Britain a few weeks ago telling them that they had the right to stop paying money to the regional assemblies. Perhaps someone took some notice.

Well done Roger.

Optimus Prime · 01-02-2005, 10:22 PM

So what are the chances that Councils actually passed on the letter? I know several councillors, none have recieved it.

01-02-2005, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
steve allison Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 125	Kill the Regional Assemblies ! Hello all, this appeared in the Northwich Guardian today (1st February 2005). The beginning of the end???? Steve Allison UKIP NE Regional Organiser ************************** CHESHIRE County Council is set to deliver a serious blow to the North West Regional Assembly by giving a year's notice to quit the organisation. The council's Executive was advised by the strategic policy panel to announce that it will withdraw from the assembly on March 31, 2006. Cheshire's Tory administration is deeply dissatisfied about the management methods, increasing costs, bureaucracy and lack of transparency of the Assembly. Leaders also doubt whether its current objectives are in the best interests of the people of Cheshire. Communications Executive member Eveleigh Moore Dutton, recently resigned as vice chairman of the Assembly's European Affairs Key Policy Group, believing that the county's Council Tax payers were not benefiting adequately from membership. Conservative authorities across the North West would like to see the Assembly's main delegated planning, transport and waste functions transferred to a newly empowered North West Local Government Association. Council leader Paul Findlow said protracted difficulties had led to them seeking fundamental change, without success. He said: "There has to be a limit on the amount of member and officer time that we can devote to a body which is being run in an unacceptable manner and has little benefit to the people we are elected to serve. "We believe it is time for the Assembly to change - or die." A report to the panel from regional policy advisor Robert Elliott said members should consider the extent to which the NWRA was involved in issues that did not have regional significance. Opposition leaders Derek Bateman and Sue Proctor also have concerns about the Assembly but want to try to influence it from the inside.

01-02-2005, 01:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,841 Party: Libertarian Party	Great news! I need all the good news I can get, keep it coming! __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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01-02-2005, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,785 Party: Free England Party	More good news,it just gets better by the minute,if it continues like this I won't be able to stand it.

01-02-2005, 04:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
eublues Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,102	Everything we can do to kill these regional assemblies the better, but it will be like a bush fire - as you smother one bit it will spark back to life somewhere else. The government has planted this 'regional' business pretty widely (of course the Tories started it). For example, all higher education institutions are now identified with a particular region, and there is said to be a 'regional dimension' to all higher education policy. UCAS (the admissions clearing house) produces a map showing all HE institutions across the UK with the euro-regions shown in different colours.

01-02-2005, 10:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 10,152 Party: None	It may well have been Roger Knapman who instigated this. He sent a letter to every councillor in Britain a few weeks ago telling them that they had the right to stop paying money to the regional assemblies. Perhaps someone took some notice. Well done Roger.

01-02-2005, 10:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Optimus Prime Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 47	So what are the chances that Councils actually passed on the letter? I know several councillors, none have recieved it.