Tag Archives: Mike Fletcher

Peterborough Conservatives Up in Arms Over Council Cuts and Rate Rise

Posted on January 23, 2012 by editor

08:15 Monday 23rd January 2012 Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire BBC PAUL STAINTON: Lollipop ladies .. it’s caused an absolute furore, and your proposals to get rid of lollipop patrols across the city, in particular in places where it’s … Continue reading →

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Mike Fletcher on the Use of Consultants Report

Posted on March 24, 2011 by editor

08:13 Thursday 24th March 2011 Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire ANDY GALL: 31 recommendations have been put before Peterborough City Council, after a report was produced into the authority’s use of consultants. Opposition politicians were concerned that spending millions … Continue reading →

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Loose Ends

Posted on March 15, 2011 by editor

As we await the final publication of the Council’s Review into its use of consultants .. Extract from an interview with Cllr Mike Fletcher November 10th 2010 titled: Call for Minister to Intervene on Consultant Secrecy. MIKE FLETCHER: I doubt … Continue reading →

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Interesting Times

Posted on March 7, 2011 by editor

Council Calendar: 7pm 16th March 2011: Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee 7pm 23rd March 2011 Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee – EXTRAORDINARY. Report on consultants delayed. THE results of a study into Peterborough City Council’s spending on consultancy have been delayed until … Continue reading →

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Peterborough City Council Consultants “on £1,300 a day”

Posted on February 4, 2011 by editor

07:08 Friday 4th February 2011 Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridge PAUL STAINTON: A report into Peterborough City Council’s use of consultants has been delayed again. It was due last November, then again this week. But it’s findings have now … Continue reading →

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The Peterborough City Council Consultant Spending Report Saga

Posted on February 3, 2011 by editor

An extraordinary series of delays are leading some to conclude that Peterborough City Council is stalling on delivery of its report into the massive amount of money it has been paying to a group of consultants.

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Nick Sandford on Missed Deadlines in Consultant Inquiry

Posted on November 11, 2010 by editor

Back in January 2010 Cllr Mike Fletcher posed a number of questions to Peterborough City Council relating to the amount of money spent by the Council on consultants. In March a Committee was set up to look into the matter. … Continue reading →

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Call for Minister to Intervene on Consultant Secrecy

Posted on November 10, 2010 by editor

Back in January questions were asked by the Chairman of the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee about the full extent of Council’s financial involvement with consultants, said to be twelve million pounds a year and rising. A report was promised in … Continue reading →

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