Graham Smith

Oct 24, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Julia Penhaligon |Graham Smith

Chickens come home to roost as Cornwall’s council taxpayers look set to face another maximum 5% increase next year Posted By Julia Penhaligon on 24th October 2024 By Julia Penhaligon The first clues about Cornwall Council’s next budget have been released this morning (Thursday) – looking to raise local taxes by the maximum 5% while cutting spending… To view the rest of this article, please subscribe to Cornwall Reports Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest...

Oct 11, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Graham Smith |Jez Hall |Sandy Forsyth |Greg Clark

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development talks about a ‘deliberative wave' – a noticeable increase in public authorities at all levels of governance commissioning citizens' assemblies, citizens' juries and other deliberative processes. At the crest of that deliberative wave are assemblies and juries focused on aspects of the climate and nature crises.

Sep 11, 2024 | wereportspace.com | Graham Smith |Michael Howard

Kennedy Space Center, FL. - This morning, September 10 at 5:23 AM EDT a Falcon 9 launched the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After several delays for weather and a technical issue, the Falcon 9 lit the Space Coast in the late morning hours sending this historical flight to space.

Aug 4, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Julia Penhaligon |Graham Smith

Splash the cash: County Hall has only seven months to empty its SPF wallet Posted By Julia Penhaligon on 4th August 2024 By Julia Penhaligon County Hall is running out of time to spend its £132 million Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) – a pot of government cash, promised by former Prime Minister… To view the rest of this article, please subscribe to Cornwall Reports Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest...

Jul 24, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithFor all its faults, Cornwall Council is the primary focus of local government in Cornwall. There is no need to change that. If some sentiments can be eased by renaming County Hall a “Parliament” or “Assembly” then so be it. Those who wish to can already refer to the building in Truro as “Lys Kernow.”The council is elected every four years. All that needs to happen is for the politicians who win those elections to realise that they are then supposed to govern.