LIB DEMS ‘UNABLE’ TO DELIVER 0% COUNCIL TAX INCREASE – YET AGAIN!
At last night’s Meeting of the Full Council, Lib Dem Leader Derek Osbourne announced he has no intention of trying to deliver a 0% Council Tax increase, as seen in many other London Boroughs such as Hillingdon, Wandsworth or Westminster.
The question was raised by Conservative Councillor Nick Kilby who had hoped Council officers might’ve been instructed by the Lib Dem Administration to prepare a budget for next year that would allow the Council to approve a 0% increase. In reply, Cllr Osborne retorted ‘No’. He also admitted that he would find it very hard to do so without impacting on services, and that he was unwilling to do so simply to make a ‘political point’.
Cllr Kilby, who feels that Kingston residents deserve better after years of having to pay the highest Council Tax in London, added ‘If the One Council programme had been better managed by the Lib Dems, we would have already had £2 million saved to fund a 0% increase. More Lib Dem incompetence equals another lost opportunity for our residents’.
DV – Sixteen days of activism
As chair of the Residents’ Services Overview Panel a few years ago, I led Kingston’s biggest ever scrutiny of domestic violence in the Borough and RBK’s mechanisms for dealing with the problem. So I commend this press release to the attention of readers:-
The Kingston Domestic Abuse Forum, in association with the Safer Kingston Partnership, have organised a series of free events to mark the 16 Days of Activism.
From the 25 November until 10 December, Kingston will be joining the rest of the world to campaign against violence towards women, and the drive begins on White Ribbon Day and ends on International Human Rights Day.
During the 16 Days, which is an annual campaign started in 1991 by the United Nations, events will take place throughout the borough and include:
* Rose Theatre Projections – images will be projected from the Rose Theatre onto Kingston police station every night to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
* A free film evening on Tuesday 8th December: Screening of Gary Oldman’s multi-award winning film ‘Nil by mouth’ starring Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke.
Kingston’s domestic violence One Stop Shop will also be running specially extended opening hours on Monday 30th November from 10am to 3pm. The One Stop Shop offers confidential information, support and advice relating to domestic abuse, and offers victims the opportunity to report abuse to the police. It takes place every Monday from 9.30am – 12.30pm in the Baptist Church, Union Street, Kingston.
Due to early intervention initiatives such as the One Stop Shop there has been a 63.5% decrease in repeat domestic abuse recorded by the Kingston Police between 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.If you would like to wear your support on your sleeve, White Ribbons will also be available at Guildhall receptions, the Market House and the Kingston Police station, with all donations going to Kingston domestic abuse service providers
For more information about the One Stop Shop, along with a full list of events during the 16 Days of Activism, please visit http://www.kingston.gov.uk/domestic_violence or contact Kelly Whitehead, Domestic Violence Co-ordinator, Kingston Council on 020 8547 5040 or email kelly.whitehead@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Postal scam – comment received
Please note that we have received a very full comment from Mr. S. Richter of Phonepayplus which you can access through the Comments column in the right hand sidebar.
Virus warning
IF A PERSON CALLED
TELL EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS HIM THEN YOU WILL GET HIM ON YOUR LIST. HE WILL FIGURE OUT YOUR ID COMPUTER ADDRESS, SO COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE EVEN IF YOU DONT CARE FOR THEM AND FAST BECAUSE IF HE HACKS THEIR EMAIL HE HACKS YOUR MAIL TOO!!!!!….
Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Intern et. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ‘Mail Server Report’If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: ‘It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.’
Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC,
And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus softwares are not capable of destroying it .
The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’..
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to
PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!
Advice Surgery
Our next Advice Surgery for constituents will be on Saturday 28th November at the Community (Youth) Centre, School Lane between 10.30 and 12.
No appointment is needed.
Postal Scam
From Kingston Centre for Independent Living
Postal Scam
Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas is fast approaching – it has been confirmed by Royal Mail.
The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were
unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 09066611911 (a Premium rate number).
DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.
If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.
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