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 Topic review - Warwick & Stratford Merger 
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Reply with quote Post Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:10 pm
Lex wrote:
Well into 5 figures, I'd imagine.


Yet more waste. These muppets simply don't get how the public is thoroughly p*ssed off with them and their profligate ways.

The average schoolkids could have given them those results!

Reply with quote Post Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:21 pm
Well into 5 figures, I'd imagine.

Reply with quote Post Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:17 pm
I wonder how much that cost them? :) :) :)

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:22 pm
SDC's done a review. what a load of b******t: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/lessons-learnt-following-failed-merger-say-council-chiefs-42758/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:18 pm
The 2 councils are working on a joint local plan. That'll be the south of the county concreted over, then: https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/second-consultation-on-south-warwickshires-new-local-plan-on-the-horizon-42333/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 7:39 pm
That's summed it up nicely - it's been all about Bard worship for years now.

Reply with quote Post Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 7:24 pm
I agree about the ego's and the savings or non savings.
There is a little bit of a wider theme here. Stratford Council is now reaping the whirlwind it sowed in ignoring local people, particularly over the RSC development saga. There have been a number of independent councillors at Stratford SBC. in years gone by who have tried to voice local opinion, and in the context of a very unhealthy relationship that has developed between the council and the RSC. What I find really quite sad is that even only 20 years ago, Stratford had a first class council. It has literally collapsed in terms of representing local people.
SBC now has, in my opinion, a toxic image and culture. I can quite understand why WDC does not want to be contaminated. This is what happens when you allow special interests and even as influential as the RSC (with its connections to the high and mighty) to really start directing local affairs. The Council are there as a form of representative democracy. It is quite obvious SBC does not represent the community. And Warwick are quite a shrewd bunch.

Reply with quote Post Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 5:51 pm
Any money saved from the merger would be minimal, which was obvious from the start of the process: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/council-merger-plan-was-too-risky-for-stratford-district-residents/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:37 pm
The merger's off; maybe down to two egos not being able to agree on who will be leader of the new council?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-61177293

https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/warwick-and-stratford-district-councils-abandon-merger-plans-amid-irreconcilable-differences-37744/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:28 pm
Looks like the merger might screw up plans for council ward changes in the Stratford areas: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/ward-boundaries-may-need-second-review-due-to-potential-district-merger/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm
Thread/posts moved & merged to include Margaret's, Rebbonk's & Lex's posts....

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:14 pm
Hardly unexpected. Follow the money! Corruption at the local level is far higher (and more lucrative) than at the national level. :(

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:47 pm
B***dy hell, 550 development sites have been identified as part of the Stratford/Warwick councils merger: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/list-of-potential-development-sites-published-as-part-of-south-warwickshire-merger-34969/

Reply with quote Post Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:23 pm
Yep, which will end up with no money being saved at all.

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:52 pm
margaret wrote:
We shall see a rise in fly tipping, I think.


We certainly did!

Reply with quote Post Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:45 pm
We shall see a rise in fly tipping, I think.


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