When we struggle to pay our bills it's irritating to have politicians claiming they can 'fix the energy crisis.'
This government had the opportunity to remove reliance on Russian gas by allowing fracking: it did nothing.
You cannot 'fix' a market-driven force, Felicity.
You should not mislead people by pretending you can.
ENVIRONMENT SELECT COMMITTEE
FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP
Members: Cllr Hamish Adourian, Chair, Cllr Aarien Areti, Cllr Joanna Gardner,
Cllr Eva Jedut, Cllr Stuart Graham.
Thursday 29 September, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Council Chamber, Kensington Town Hall.
AGENDA
1. Introduction and welcome
Introduction to the evidence session on flooding risk impacts on residents and businesses.
2. Domestic Flood Insurance (30 mins)
To discuss:
How the national re-insurance scheme works for households
Eligibility
Local issues and flooding re-insurance
Members’ questions. Contributions from residents.
3. Businesses and Flood Risks (30 mins)
To discuss:
How business activity is affected
Support for businesses at risk
Members’ questions
Contributions from businesses and residents.
4. Residents, Impacts and Flood Risks (1 hour)
To discuss
Social impacts on residents in flood risk areas
Residents’ knowledge of flood risks
Residents’ involvement in mitigating flood risk
Members’ questions Contributions from residents
Has anyone noticed how traffic wardens proliferate our streets?
Apart from ticketing overstays, they seem to have no real purpose.
Last year RBK&C garnered over £56 million in parking fines.
We know this tax on motorists is supposed to be ring fenced and deployed on highway improvements but imagine how much safer we would feel if part of this tens of millions were invested in police on the beat?
Traffic wardens are a waste of space.
An invitation from Cllr Adourian
Meeting on Thursday 29 September
Residents are welcome to attend the next session of the Flooding Risk Management Working Group, which will be scrutinising the impact on residents and businesses of flood risks. The meeting will take place on Thursday 29 September in the Council Chamber at Kensington Town Hall, starting at 6.30pm.
Details are here—the agenda should be published later today:
Meeting on Wednesday 19 October
There will also be a separate Working Group meeting to discuss the Thames Water Independent Review of the flooding incident in July 2021. As well as representatives of Thames Water, it will also hear from the Independent Expert Group and the Consumer Council for Water. This meeting will take place on Wednesday 19 October in the Council Chamber at Kensington Town Hall, starting at 6.30pm.
Call for Evidence
If you have experience of flooding or flood risk management in the borough, you can also send in a written submission. The purpose of the Call for Evidence is to allow the working group to have a greater in-depth understanding of how residents are being affected by flooding and flooding risk. Ideally, your submission should focus on:
We will consider all the responses (which will be anonymised) as part of our evidence-gathering and in the development of the final report and recommendations.
The call for evidence opens on Friday 30 September and closes on Friday 4 November. Please email your submission to scrutiny@rbkc.gov.uk with ‘Flooding Scrutiny Submission’ in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Hamish
Cllr Hamish Adourian
Earl’s Court
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
London Lites specialises in plonking its huge LED advertising displays in sensitive areas.
It now wants to inflict one of its soulless, garish pieces of kit on the edge of cheap perforated railings in front of the railway bridge. It will tower over the market flashing out a stream of digital ads day and night....a sort of visual equivalent of 'piped music.'
If granted this vast board will be permanent and open the door to every other outdoor advertising company.
The planning department has been remiss in not demanding that the applicant provide a link to its monstrosity.
Everyone who cares about the Market should object and insist that there be a realistic image of the monster.
You can see the application HERE and object
Dear Dame
We are always told how well managed our little council is....well, the picture sends out a very different message. This stressed out bunch of K&C employees looked as if they had started the weekend early.
This sort of lounging around on our streets sends out a very poor message. It is interesting to compare this idle lot with our brilliant Suez street cleaners who work in all weathers to keep the streets clean.
Whoever manages this bunch should be sacked...oh, I forgot...councils never sack you from a 'job for life'.
Disgusted of Walton Street
It is a new alert so each time the dear old thing posts something you will receive a personal message informing you.
It is entirely confidential so 'no names...no pack drill'!
Even the Leader of the Council can sign in and no one will be any the wiser.
A reader drew the Dame's attention to Jeremy Corbyn's eccentric tweet about the death of Her Majesty.
He tells us he enjoyed chats with her: she is not able to give her side. It would doubtless be laconic and amusing!
Will Emma Dent Coad follow the example of her guru in this perhaps unexpected tribute?
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Felicity and Hamish Adourian should never have allowed Thames Water and Mike Woolgar to pull such a 'fast one' on us all.
To hold a vital meeting with just a few days' notice is worse than a slap in the face it is an attempt to hide away from victims.
Everyone needs to get to this meeting and put Mike Woolgar and his funders at Thames Water to the question.
Osborne then left politics and his wife and went on to make millions with a US investment firm.
We now face years of horrendous belt tightening set to impoverish us all.
This is the moment for Councillor Campbell to lead from the top and announce she and her team are slashing their allowances by 25%
As leader Campbell gets close to £1400 a week.
She is a rich woman and could, quite cheerfully, either substantially cut her allowance or donate to a charity helping hard-hit families.
Years ago the Dame was a county councillor and received no allowance apart from one for attending meetings!
There was never the gravy train that now exists.
Green, lest it is forgotten, was a mate of Cameron whilst his chum, Caring, chucked Blair a couple of million for his election campaign....
It's all here DIRTY WASHING
