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Why was Watery Lane Clifton ever shortlisted as a Traveller site?
The Coal Yard off Watery lane Clifton was probably one of the worst kept 'secrets' of Derbyshire Dales District Council
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Too little, too late for valid decision on travellers site
Derbyshire Dales District Council meet via Zoom on Wednesday 2nd September. They are tasked with making choices on both a future permanent traveller site and a temporary 'tolerated' site so the…
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Lib Dem Councillors seek answers on air quality in Derbyshire Dales
Open letter to Council requesting clarity on Air Pollution
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Do our political masters actually know how schools work?
This was the question posed by Jules White, a secondary school headteacher and leader of the 'Worth Less?' campaign group, representing hundreds of secondary school headteachers, after the government…
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Exam fiasco shows a complete disregard for teacher integrity
'Computer knows best' approach sees hundreds of thousands of A level awards downgraded.
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Has Truth been the key casualty of the Boris Johnson Premiership?
The key danger Boris Johnson poses is to the concept of objective truth. The analysis in the press of his first year in power has mostly treated him as a standard prime minister living through…
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'Time for 20' in Starkholmes, Derbyshire
'Nobody wants to see accidents in Starkholmes, least of all a fatality' says Lib Dem County Cllr Sue Burfoot.
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The End of Local Government?
Many county and district councils will be effectively bankrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. That means central government will have to choose how much local government it wishes to maintain and pay…