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Dear Sir, Last week the Vale Council adopted the Conservative budget to freeze council tax for residents across the Vale, despite calls from the Lib Dem...

After growing a moustache for charity for the whole of November, it is a week since the big shave. Thanks you to everyone who supported me and help to raise...

The riots earlier this month shocked the country, and there was an understandable call from the public for swift firm action. Now that the heat has gone out of...

There seems to be some speculation that David Cameron’s position is under threat due to the News International Phone Hacking Scandal, but I can’t see that this...

Last night we tried out the newly opened Hanney Spice restaurant, in what used to be the Lamb. It was packed out and we were lucky to get a table, by the time...

A march is being organised to counter the one organised by TUC the other day, a so called Rally Against Debt. It will be made up of people who think that the...

It has become my custom over the last few years to publish my speech on the Council budget. I am not sure that there is much interest in it, but just for the...

I don't think we acknowledge often enough when things go right, and too often people quite happily moan about problems without doing anything. Last Wednesday I...

My recent piece for the Oxford Mail... We’re all in this together. Some people may be getting bored of hearing that, but it’s never been more true. Everyone in...