The New Listener – Page 210

Ed Murphy on Overdevelopment in Eye and Thorney

Labour Parliamentary Candidate Ed Murphy talks about controversial plans to build seven hundred new homes in Eye and Thorney villages. Broadcast at 08:35 on Wednesday 31st March 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: Villagers in Eye are very worried about plans for hundreds of new houses which could have a devastating impact on their community. A site allocation plan released by Peterborough City Council has proposed seven hundred new dwellings in Eye and Thorney. Ed Murphy is the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Peterborough. He’s taken up the case. Good morning Ed.
EM: Good morning.
PS: Why are people so worried? We need to build houses. People need a house. We’ve got homeless people in Peterborough. Surely it’s a good thing, isn’t it? Continue reading “Ed Murphy on Overdevelopment in Eye and Thorney”

Peterborough City Council and Consultants Part Three – for research purposes only

The relationship between Peterborough City Council and consultants is becoming a cause for concern for some councillors. This page examines the latest announcements.

Continued from Part Two

The following documents all dated 20 October 2009 are in the public domain:

1. Peterborough regulates spend on consultants. Link
2. Realising the benefits of business transformation. Link
3. Creating a value-adding human resources service. Link
4. Transforming the way we work to cut cost and improve performance: . Link

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In 2008 Peterborough City Council established a professional services partnership (PSP), to consolidate and regulate its spending on consultancy.
Consultants “landed and expanded”, often taking roles that should be filled internally.
Consultancy was poorly and often non-compliantly procured. Continue reading “Peterborough City Council and Consultants Part Three – for research purposes only”

BBC Peterborough April 1st 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast Thursday 1st April 2010.

Topics:

NHS Peterborough has abandoned plans for a homeless and vulnerable centre in the centre of Peterborough.
105 jobs will be lost in Peterborough as Jarvis go into administration.
Valuation Office Agency is aware of rebate claims from businesses affected by the Cathedral Square works.
Big companies back the Conservative Party and demand no rise in National Insurance contributions.
Bulky waste collections will henceforth be chargeable at £20 plus VAT per collection.
Cancer Research UK say older people are reporting skin cancers blamed on the Costas and sunbeds.
A Help for Heroes Ball will take place on Friday 2nd April at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough.
Newcastle could send Peterborough United FC to Division One and win promotion for themselves.
Taxpayers Alliance say Peterborough City Council declined a Freedom of Information request to state top salaries.
Queensgate shop helps the environment by selling luxury personalised Easter eggs with minimal packaging.

Interviewees:
Steve Bliss Revaluation Project Manager Valuation Office Agency.
Jamie Lee Pottyborough.co.uk
Susie Hutson Forces’ Sweetheart.
Mike Heath Commercial Services Director Peterborough City Council.
Mark Cooke Peterborough Pensioners’ Association.
Stewart Jackson MP.
Father David Jennings All Souls Church Geneva Street.
John O’Connell Taxpayers Alliance.
Suzanne Clayton Sweet Perfection Queensgate.

Companies mentioned:
Jarvis.
Gkaxo SmithKline.
Virgin.
Next.
Sundays Cafe.
Harriets Tearooms.
Sweet Perfection Queensgate.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Ben Stevenson
Sport: Chris Osbourne
News: Louise Neill
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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BBC Peterborough March 31st 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast Wednesday 31st March 2010.

Topics:
Cathedral Square outlets complain their trade is affected by the over-running building project.
Concerns are bing expressed over plans to locate 700 new homes in Eye and Thorney.
ASBAH holds a Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Information Day.
Welsh analogue TV transmitters will be turned off today.
Controversial traffic lights have finally been turned on at the A47 Thorpe Wood roundabout.
The Government’s car scrappage scheme has ended.
Freemans offer for leaving the Westwood site is expected to be agreed today or tomorrow.
Gary Johnson former Bristol City is predicted to be the new PUFC manager.

Interviewees:
David Beaver Sundays Cafe.
Kingsley Rafael Harriets Tea Rooms.
Darren Fower as Media Development Officer ASBAH.
Darren Fower as Libdem Councillor.
Lee Arnold Motorpoint.
Andrew Edwards Peterborough City Council.
Nick Tomkins Bristol City Supporters’ Trust.
Zoe Kleinman BBC Technology Reporter.
Ed Murphy Labour Parliamentary Candidate.
Jeff Stebbings Gardening Guru.

Companies mentioned:
Motorpoint.
Milton Estate.
SKY.
Freemans.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Ben Stevenson
Sport: Nick Fairbairn
News: Steve Titman
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Darren Fower on the NHS Peterborough Deficit

Darren Fower LibDem councillor reports back from the emergency meeting of the Peterborough City Council Scrutiny Commission for Health Services to discuss the current NHS Peterborough deficit and projected cuts of £27 million. Broadcast at 07:10 on Tuesday 30th March 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: Now how does a Primary Care Trust overspend by nearly twelve million quid? Well we’ve tried to find out over the last few weeks. But that’s what Peterborough’s Liberal Democrats asked at yesterday’s emergency health scrutiny meeting at the Town Hall. They want answers following NHS Peterborough’s staggering overspend on last year’s budget. Last week we spoke to Chairman of the Board councillor Marco Cereste and we asked him if he was happy with his performance as Chairman. Of course he said he wasn’t happy, and we asked him as well if he could .. if he would like to consider his future as Chairman of the Board, and he said he would be considering that future. Darren Fower is Leader of Peterborough LibDems, and he called for the meeting and joins us on the phone now. Morning Darren.
DF: Good Morning Paul.
PS: You heard what Marco had to say on the phone last week. Obviously he wasn’t happy with his own performance. In fact, we can remind you of what Marco had to say. (TAPE)
MC: No I’m not happy with the job that I’ve done as NHS Peterborough. I am terribly disappointed that after twenty five years of virtually perfect perfect service to this city, we’ve had a situation where we just .. you know .. the forecasting in what the costs of health care would be in the city was so .. got so terribly wrong. (LIVE)
PS: Yes. So he was unhappy with his performance, you were unhappy with his and the PCT’s performance, and that’s why you called the meeting last night.
DF: Absolutely. The bottom line is everything has to come to an end, and while there may have been previous years where Mr Cereste and the Board have done well, right now it’s quite the opposite, it really is.
PS: So what happened last night, what questions did you ask, and what did you find out?
Continue reading “Darren Fower on the NHS Peterborough Deficit”

BBC Peterborough March 30th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast Tuesday 30th March 2010.

Topics:
An emergency council meeting to discuss the NHS Peterborough budget deficit was unproductive.
A local MP backs the Chair of NHS Peterborough to stay in his job for a while longer.
The government sets out proposals for a compulsory levy to pay for continuing care.
Russia mourns its bomb victims.
A Helpston teenager who overcame anorexia wants to help others.
A committee of MPs says that the Govt. strategy to combat extremism stigmatises and alienates Muslims.
The Energy and Climate Change Committee says Govt will miss its fuel poverty targets.
Tony Blair is expected to campaign for Labour in the forthcoming general election.
A rabbit welfare charity launches a Make Mine Chocolate campaign to stop people buying live rabbits.
Resident health guru looks at smoking cessation and fitness routines.
Former Olympic Torch Bearer from Park Ward Peterborough wants to do it again.
Waterstones offer book recommendations.
Gary Johnson is widely expected to replace Jim Gannon as manager of Peterborough United FC.

Interviewees:
Darren Fower LibDem Councillor.
Anne Mitchell Rabbit Welfare Association.
Abbey Baker Beating Eating Disorders Charity.
Michael van Straten Health Guru.
Stewart Jackson MP.
Graham Lowndes 1948 Olympic Torch Bearer.
UNITE union seeks to build a strike fund.
Anna Elmore Waterstones.

Companies mentioned:
BA
Cadburys (Chocolate Egg Brands)
Waterstones

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Heather Noble
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Samatha Dalton
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Phil Garner
Phones: Kerry Devine
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BBC Peterborough March 29th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast Monday 29th March 2010.

Topics:
Parishioners outraged at the granting of a lap-dancing licence for Pulse 8 Nightclub Geneva Street next door to the St Peters and All Souls RC Church.
Red Cross call for volunteers to befriend hospital patients.
Ferry Meadows shortlisted for a National Picnic Award.
More teams wanted for the Dragon Boat Race.
Speculation on who will succeed Jim Gannon as manager of Peterborough United FC.
Tories promise to shelve a proposed 1% rise in National Insurance.
Peers report a possible backlash if the digital radio switchover proceeds as is.
Safer Peterborough Partnership comments on the current methadrone furore.
New expenses rules for MPs are expected to be announced today.
The BA cabin crew strike continues.
There are ACAS talks today to try to avert a planned national rail strike.
Posh Legends charity match planned for 19:30pm on 30th April 2010 thanks to Kingfisher Cars.

Interviewees:
Father David Jennings St Peters and All Souls Church Geneva Street.
Susan Taylor Nene Park Trust.
Sarah Hall Red Cross.
Karen Kibblewhite Community Safety and Substance Misuse Officer Safer Peterborough Partnership.
Lindsay Newton East Anglian Children’s Hospice.
Wayne Fitzgerald Owner Angels Table Dancing Club and former owner of Pulse 8 nightclub
Swamp Donkey Posh.net.
Toby Earle TV Easy magazine.

Companies mentioned:
BA.
Network Rail.
Kingfisher Cars.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Heather Noble
Sport: John Symes
News: Susie Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Marco Cereste on the NHS Peterborough Deficit

Marco Cereste Chair of NHS Peterborough comments on the crticisms levelled at him following the announcement that this year NHS Peterborough overspent by a far greater amount than expected, and that next year it will need to reduce its spending by tens of millions of pounds to balance the books. Broadcast at 08:10 on Friday 26th March 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

Marco Cereste Chair of NHS Peterborough comments on the criticisms levelled at him following the announcement that this year NHS Peterborough overspent by a far greater amount than expected, and that next year it will need to reduce its spending by tens of millions of pounds to balance the books. Broadcast at 08:10 on Friday 26th March 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: This is the big news locally that you’re waking up to. NHS Peterborough is planning to make twenty seven millions of pounds of cutbacks next financial year. But people in Peterborough seemingly won’t lose out on health care. Here’s interim Chief Executive Sheila Bremner’s guarantee, shortly after a meeting of the Board of NHS Peterborough.(TAPE)
SB: We will seek to maintain the quality of services that we provide and make sure that we meet the needs of local people, absolutely.
Continue reading “Marco Cereste on the NHS Peterborough Deficit”