From the Coventry telegraph on th 16th May 2009 as a result of Green party Freedon of Information request about keith Kondakor finding out that Tory Councillor Martin Heatley claiming £8,600 in Travel expenses. This is on top of the Vast abount paid for traveing to EU quangos.
see here for full table of expenses
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The Nuneaton news reports that home care works have been send a “gagging order” to stop them talking to MPs or Councillors about the loss of their jobs!
I hope to get a copy of the gagging letter soon and will publish a copy here if I do.
The only way to stop the job losses and service cuts is to vote Green. Labour will make some noise but would let the Tories do something so stupid.
If any of them would like to email or phone me then I can try to help and apply pressure on the Tories. Phone 024 76 344 079 - no need to leave name.
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Does reablement sound like something good? I am sure some people could be helped to look after themselves better but this policy at Warwickshire County Council is focused on cutting jobs. Those who have been given reablement will have less care than before and more people will have been added to the Jobless totals.
Reablement is replacement of homecare just like being mugged is giving to Charity.
The Cabinet is meeting on the 28th of May at Warwick. It will discuss the cuts to home care service in a non-public session after the main cabinet meeting. There will be no press or public allowed to know what is said.
The County Councillors get paid a basic allowance, more for responsibility and over £100,000 in travel cost. We need to get the detail of how some have spent £1,000s on travelling. The most remarkable is local Freemason, Farmer and Cabinet member for Environment who charged us £8,672.52p for Travel in 2007/8.
Cllr Martin Heatley travels to London First Class and manages to claim for 52 miles round trip to have a meeting with the NFU at Shire Hall which is only 18 miles from his farm. Going the long way via M6 junction 2 only makes this a 45 mile round trip.
Data from Freedom of information request as 8th May 2009
| XXC Members Annual Allowances Effective Date : ‘31-mar-2009′ Version 1.0 08-MAY-2009 11.24.56 AM | ||||||
| Full Name | Basic Allowances | Special Responsibility Allowance | Travel and Subsistence | Total | ward | party |
| Heatley, Mr Martin | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 8672.52 | 28360.44 | Nuneaton Whitestone | Conservative |
| Saint, Mr Christopher John | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 6416.12 | 26104.04 | Shipston-on-Stour | Conservative |
| Farnell, Mr Alan John | 8,948.04 | 22408.92 | 6021.34 | 37378.30 | Nuneaton Weddington | Conservative |
| Grant, Mr Richard John (Richard) | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 5115.09 | 21184.41 | Hartshill | Labour |
| Chattaway, Mr Richard Norman | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 5031.95 | 21101.27 | Bede | Labour |
| Seccombe, Mrs Isobel Elizabeth | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 4585.99 | 24273.91 | Stour & The Vale | Conservative |
| Collett, Mr Gordon Dean | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 3380.21 | 12328.25 | Dunchurch | Conservative |
| Fowler, Mr Peter John | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 3375.58 | 23063.50 | Coleshill | Conservative |
| Haynes, Mr John | 8,948.04 | 3046.90 | 3273.51 | 15268.45 | Bedworth North | Labour |
| Ross, Mr John Francis Sims | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 3231.26 | 12179.30 | Bulkington | Conservative |
| Stevens, Mr Robert Anthony | 8,948.04 | 13445.52 | 3192.31 | 25585.87 | Feldon | Conservative |
| Jones, Mr Michael John | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 2979.47 | 19048.79 | Nuneaton Galley Common | Labour |
| Hobbs, Mr Richard Guy | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 2877.10 | 22565.02 | Aston Cantlow | Conservative |
| Burton, Mr John James | 8,948.04 | 1241.44 | 2869.45 | 13058.93 | Nuneaton St. Nicolas | Conservative |
| McCarthy, Mrs Helen Margaret | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 2859.53 | 11807.57 | Studley | Conservative |
| Hayfield, Mr Colin Charles | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 2728.41 | 22416.33 | Arley | Conservative |
| Moss, Mr Brian Peter | 8,948.04 | 3046.90 | 2232.74 | 14227.68 | Kingsbury | Labour |
| McCarney, Mr Frank | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 2165.81 | 18235.13 | Bedworth West | Labour |
| Forwood, Mrs Anne | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 2061.49 | 11009.53 | Atherstone | Labour |
| Timms, Mrs Heather Mary | 8,948.04 | 9498.44 | 1960.42 | 20406.90 | Earl Craven | Conservative |
| Knapman, Mrs Nina Blanche | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 1798.53 | 11824.17 | Alcester | Liberal Democrat |
| Appleton, Mr John Robert | 8,948.04 | 1872.60 | 1741.00 | 12561.64 | Southam | Conservative |
| Tandy, Mrs June Anne | 8,948.04 | 11930.28 | 1610.25 | 22488.57 | Nuneaton Wem Brook | Labour |
| Perry, Mr Michael Leonard | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 1565.75 | 10513.79 | Stratford South | Conservative |
| Stanley, Mr Michael Edward | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 1476.30 | 10424.34 | Polesworth | Labour |
| Smith, Mr Ian Paul | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 1415.56 | 10363.60 | Caldecott | Conservative |
| Hodkinson, Mr Douglas James | 8,948.04 | 2421.90 | 1384.62 | 12754.56 | Lawford & New Bilton | Labour |
| Tooth, Mr Sidney Richard | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 1294.35 | 10242.39 | Nuneaton Camp Hill | Labour |
| Doody, Mr Michael | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 1281.89 | 10229.93 | Cubbington | Conservative |
| Wells, Mr John Francis | 8,948.04 | 759.09 | 1243.95 | 10951.08 | Brownsover | Labour |
| Sweet, Mr Raymond (Ray) | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 1220.66 | 17289.98 | Baddesley Ensor | Labour |
| Davis, Mr Christopher Charles Lawson | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 1141.48 | 11167.12 | Leamington Milverton | Liberal Democrat |
| Atkinson, Mr George | 8,948.04 | 1178.64 | 1138.40 | 11265.08 | Henley-in-Arden | Conservative |
| Barnes, Mr Frederick Peter | 8,948.04 | 3384.54 | 1098.39 | 13430.97 | Bidford-on-Avon | Liberal Democrat |
| Cockburn, Mr Alan James Lancaster (Alan) | 8,948.04 | 10739.88 | 1073.26 | 20761.18 | Kenilworth St. John’s | Conservative |
| Roodhouse, Mr Jeremy Mark (Jerry) | 8,948.04 | 7754.40 | 1010.41 | 17712.85 | Eastlands & Hillmorton | Liberal Democrat |
| Cavanagh, Mr Denham Thomas | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 972.53 | 9920.57 | Admirals | Labour |
| Whitehouse, Mr John | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 963.82 | 10989.46 | Kenilworth Abbey | Liberal Democrat |
| Compton, Mrs Josephine | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 962.58 | 9910.62 | Leek Wootton | Conservative |
| Main, Mrs Laura Susan | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 834.19 | 9782.23 | Wellesbourne | Conservative |
| Hicks, Mr Robert Donald | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 783.65 | 9731.69 | Nuneaton Abbey | Labour |
| Vereker, Mr Charles John Prendergast (John) | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 772.83 | 16842.15 | Caldecott | Conservative |
| Randev, Mr Rajendar Nath | 8,948.04 | 3046.90 | 593.08 | 12588.02 | Warwick West | Labour |
| Shilton, Mr David John | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 561.50 | 9509.54 | Kenilworth Park Hill | Conservative |
| Caborn, Mr Leslie | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 511.28 | 9459.32 | Bishops Tachbrook | Conservative |
| Dill-Russell, Mrs Jill Patricia | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 506.80 | 10532.44 | Stratford Avenue & New Town | Liberal Democrat |
| King, Ms Katherine Mary | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 502.83 | 9450.87 | Brownsover | Labour |
| Hyde, Mr Richard Oliver Hamilton | 8,948.04 | 1859.42 | 493.00 | 11300.46 | Stratford South | Conservative |
| Boad, Mrs Sarah Elizabeth | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 431.80 | 16840.12 | Leamington North | Liberal Democrat |
| Dodd, Mr Richard James | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 425.58 | 10451.22 | Eastlands & Hillmorton | Liberal Democrat |
| Goode, Mrs Eithne Marie | 8,948.04 | 1077.60 | 406.01 | 10431.65 | Leamington North | Liberal Democrat |
| Browne, Mr Cecil Kenneth Nigel | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 298.71 | 16368.03 | Warwick North | Labour |
| Singh, Mr Mota | 8,948.04 | 3046.96 | 214.51 | 12209.51 | Leamington Brunswick | Labour |
| Longden, Mr Barry James | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 187.84 | 16257.16 | Arbury & Stockingford | Labour |
| Haywood, Mrs Marion Beatrice | 8,948.04 | 6187.22 | 44.82 | 15180.08 | Warwick South | Conservative |
| Singh, Mr Kanwardeep | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8948.04 | Poplar | |
| Naylor, Mr Timothy William Murray | 8,948.04 | 7156.08 | 0.00 | 16104.12 | Leamington Willes | Labour |
| Morris-Jones, Mr Robert Phillip Lort (Phillip) | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8948.04 | Fosse | Conservative |
| Lea, Mrs Joan | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8948.04 | Water Orton | Conservative |
| Kirton, Mr Bernard | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8948.04 | Whitnash | lndependent |
| Henry, Mrs Patricia | 8,948.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8948.04 | Arbury & Stockingford | Labour |
| Booth, Mr David | 8,948.04 | 7121.28 | 0.00 | 16069.32 | Kineton | Liberal Democrat |
The Green Party has been transforming politics in towns and cities across the UK. Green Councillors have saved post offices, made streets safer, and are well known for working hard for local communities because they believe in putting the community first. The Green Party is forming its own autonomus Local Party in Nuneaton and Bedworth.
So everyone has the chance to vote for the Green Party and therefore to vote for a safer, cleaner, and fairer society in the two Elections on the 4th June.
The top priority for the Green Party is to save local services from more damaging cuts and highly risky privatisations. We face the planned sacking of the councils home care staff, starting up Academy Schools, further Post Office closures and merging Nuneaton & Bedworth Fire Stations. Both Labour and Conservatives are putting the profits of business ahead of needs of the public.
The full slate of 14 candidates for seats within the Borough is made up of 8 women and 6 men. The presence of so many female candidates is common in the Green Party, which has recently selected Caroline Lucas as it leader.
The most prominent candidate is likely to be Keith Kondakor, the award winning environmental campaigner who spent most of the last year fighting the planned hazardous waste plant at Judkins. Keith will stand in the Nuneaton town centre Abbey ward.
Keith said, “When elected as the County Councillor for Abbey division I will have one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs in Nuneaton. The problems faced by 6000 people with the County Council will become my problems. I am not a Politician like the rest, and I will really change things for the better. Just having my photo taken outside a closing post office or vandalised building is not enough. I campaign on an issue until all hope is lost and then campaign some more. I do not give up. The County Council will have a very hard time to close anything in Nuneaton Abbey when I am elected.”