Tetbury CONNECT

Politicians have a habit of spending other people's money like it's not theirs. This story underlines the problem wonderfully. There are several ways this could have been done differently - but weren't!

This LTN idea sounds nice - but! Whilst the nice back streets get to benefit - the busy main roads and those who live on them get to pay the price. Can this ever be right? Don't we need to rethink this nice idea?

Councilors declaring 'No Confidence' in councillors is an interesting thing! Given what's happening around the country we could be seeing a lot more of these expressions - and on a range of things.

This story says so much about our state of council leadership. The incompetence is alarming enough - but it's people's money they are using in their failures. Is this time for a completely new approach?

Former mayor of Tetbury chose to wrongfully claim disability benefit after recovering. The gov't tells us that benefit fraud is a major issue but the reason it occurs varies. Scope here for a system overhaul?

At a time when more and more people are struggling - and don't get a pay rise - councillors give themselves one. Is it time people took a hand in how we organise our local administration - and how it works?

The way in which councils spend people's money is always a hot topic - and here we've another spotlight on Glos CC. How much money should GCC spend on getting the opinions of the people we wonder?