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🚨HARD DRIVE: Here’s the latest episode of the taxpayer getting screwed for a public official’s mistake. Yesterday was all about the County Council screwing up a payment to a disabled person. Today it's a bill for a bridge🧵
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Sources: BBC Hereford & Worcester / LDRS bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq39… Laptop confirmed: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czex… West Mercia March statement: westmercia.police.uk/news/we… Redditch overturn (Nov 2022, Coventry Highway): redditchstandard.co.uk/news/…

West Mercia Police asked to pay for repairs after damaging bridge

A council says it wants to recover costs to repair a city bridge after a police car crashed into it.

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West Mercia’s line? “Dealt with by our insurers.” End of. Even if the insurers pick up the cheque, guess who pays the premiums? Us. Same taxpayer just via a different door.
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So the police put a hole in the bridge. Now there’s a bill for the bridge. Laptop steers the car. Officials walk with a pep talk. You foot the cost. Only in Worcestershire. Until the next episode. Let's hope the local police force can keep their cars upright and on the road for a while.
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Will the left-wing coalition running Worcestershire County Council be able to weather this, or will Labour bring a motion forward to test its cohesion?
Tom Edwards ✍️​🎙️👨‍💻@tomedwardsbbchwOct 26
🚨NEW: The Labour leader of Worcester City Council has called on Green councillors to publicly denounce a motion that declared Zionism a form of racism. The two parties ran the council on a joint-leadership ticket between 2023-24👇bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq9v…

Labour leader wants Worcester Greens to denounce Zionism motion

Worcester Green Party is being challenged to "reject" the "Zionism is racism" policy by Labour councillors.

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🚨IRONY: She managed her budget. Worcestershire County Council mismanaged its own process, sat on a reassessment for two years, then tried to claw the money back after she had already paid her carers. 🧵
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Sources: LGO lgo.org.uk/decisions/adult-c… Clawback worcesternews.co.uk/news/266… A&D worcesternews.co.uk/news/266… @CllrAHardman
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Deputy leader Adam Kent, steering the closure, said the council has "no legal duty" to provide it, and: "I wish I could say it will be the last but it won't." Saving: about £170k a year.
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A woman who handled her direct payments properly still needed the Ombudsman to stop a clawback. Meanwhile the council cuts the safety net for 144 others. That is the juxtaposition.
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🚨NEW: What happens when planning officers say yes and every councillor in the room says no? Redditch's planning committee voted 7-0 on Thursday night to refuse a 400MW battery storage site on Green Belt land between Feckenham and Astwood Bank. 🧵
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Source: Redditch Standard, 23 Oct redditchstandard.co.uk/news/… Officer report: moderngovwebpublic.redditchb… @ChrisBloore

Victory for Feckenham campaigners as councillors unanimously reject massive battery farm

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a huge battery storage facility near Feckenham celebrated on Thursday evening after Redditch councillors unanimously voted to.

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Councillors raised the Green Belt, fire safety, the water supply for fighting a battery fire, lorry routes and decommissioning. They also questioned why the developer wanted nine years to start work, rather than the usual three.
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Around 50 to 60 residents packed the meeting, which ran for more than three hours. BOOM Power can now appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.
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