
James Valentine
@jamesevalentine
Labour Councillor for Kempston West, Bedford Borough Council
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14-12-2010 17:02:36
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If you want to raise standards of NHS management, rather than just hospital trusts, shouldn't you also be looking at the ICBs, Wes Streeting ?


For the past year, Israeli newspaper Haaretz.com has been a hugely important voice, brave and principled enough to criticise openly Netanyahu. Now it faces sanction by Netanyahu’s autocratic government. Consider subscribing to them please to help them keep speaking out. 🙏



In Bedford Borough Council Full Council this evening I reminded the Mayor that we're not "North Bedfordshire" and that any new flood measures should be aimed at the whole of Bedford Borough, for example #Kempston West, devastated again today.


Massively boring Full Council at Bedford Borough Council this evening, now adjourned until January. We must do better than this.


You said our blocked drain would be cleared within 4 days, of my report Anglian Water It's now the 4th day, there's no info about when you'll call, and the emergency number is engaged. With over ÂŁ400 million profit this year, are you content to leave customers in the lurch?






I frequently get complaints from tenants living in social housing and there's little or no accountability. Please address this Angela Rayner . Steve Bundred's article highlights the problem. tinyurl.com/4esuxfr8

Insightful comment from Sam Freedman "Labour’s refusal to shift back to electing mayors via the supplementary vote method, as was previously the case, is unfathomable as it hurts them a lot."

Yes, the Coalition govt drastically cut Sure Start but Children's Centres (now rebranded by the Tories as Family Hubs) were kept on in Bedford Borough Council and some other councils and continue to thrive. tinyurl.com/3kmbvyu5