Steve Briant is the Winchester local MP, Chris Huhne is the liberal democrat MP for Eastleigh.
An MP is a national politician that represents a local area and in London in parliament. They have no effect on what happens locally as this is separate from the court and council. Steve Briant does have a clinic where you can book an appointment to see him and discuss any issues which he will pass onto the council.
Winchester city council is a district council and Southampton is a city council which means it has unitary authority a single tier council responsible for all local authority services and functions. Hampshire county council is at the top of the tier and is the most important.
The local authority spending in England is £133 billion a year which is spent on education mainly. There is a cabinet system where there are 2000 MPs who are in charge of different things such as transport. These people are usually part of the biggest party and are elected to be chosen for the cabinet.
Council meetings can be reported due to it being in the public interest but mainly due to qualified privilege. The Defamation Act 1996 gives privilege subject to contradiction when reporting on local committee. This means the person needs a change to defend themselves.
The local government in England are funded by grants from the central government, council tax and business rates. Council tax provides a quarter of local funding. Nearly every household pays tax depending on the value of their home.
The Councillors agree local budget and set the policy framework and appointing chief officers and making constitutional decisions. The Councillors are elected by local people for a 4 year term. If there is an issue that you have a link to such as your mum being a school teacher you have to 'declare an interest' which means you can't do stories if you are part of it.
The Hampshire county council has around 40,000 staff, 53 librarians and 8 country parks. It also has 6 press officers, 5,000 articles. During its evaluation it scored 56% positive 30% neutral and only 14% negative. Whereas Winchester city council turnover 12.5 million and are responsible for bins, leisure, environment, health and parking.
An MP is a national politician that represents a local area and in London in parliament. They have no effect on what happens locally as this is separate from the court and council. Steve Briant does have a clinic where you can book an appointment to see him and discuss any issues which he will pass onto the council.
Winchester city council is a district council and Southampton is a city council which means it has unitary authority a single tier council responsible for all local authority services and functions. Hampshire county council is at the top of the tier and is the most important.
The local authority spending in England is £133 billion a year which is spent on education mainly. There is a cabinet system where there are 2000 MPs who are in charge of different things such as transport. These people are usually part of the biggest party and are elected to be chosen for the cabinet.
Council meetings can be reported due to it being in the public interest but mainly due to qualified privilege. The Defamation Act 1996 gives privilege subject to contradiction when reporting on local committee. This means the person needs a change to defend themselves.
The local government in England are funded by grants from the central government, council tax and business rates. Council tax provides a quarter of local funding. Nearly every household pays tax depending on the value of their home.
The Councillors agree local budget and set the policy framework and appointing chief officers and making constitutional decisions. The Councillors are elected by local people for a 4 year term. If there is an issue that you have a link to such as your mum being a school teacher you have to 'declare an interest' which means you can't do stories if you are part of it.
The Hampshire county council has around 40,000 staff, 53 librarians and 8 country parks. It also has 6 press officers, 5,000 articles. During its evaluation it scored 56% positive 30% neutral and only 14% negative. Whereas Winchester city council turnover 12.5 million and are responsible for bins, leisure, environment, health and parking.
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