Bexley Council Tax to be below Inflation Again

Bexley’s Conservative administration have announced plans to increase Council tax by just 3% meaning for the second year running a below inflation increase for Bexley residents.
The Council tax plans come despite Bexley receiving the worst grant settlement in living memory from Gordon Brown’s Labour Government.
Bexley Council leader Cllr Ian Clement said he was [...]

NHS March in March

Bexley Council Leader Councillor Ian Clement and Bexley Conservatives are leading a March to protest against cuts in services at our local hospital Queen Mary’s Sidcup.
The march will take place Saturday 1st March at 10.30 am. The starting point will be The Crescent a green open space next to the Horse and Groom Harvester, Main [...]

Government denies local community money for station improvements!

Conservatives in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, led by Erith Councillor Bernard Clewes MBE and Belvedere Councillor David Leaf, have criticised the Government for refusing to provide a share of the £370 million available to improve access to rail stations serving the local community. The Access for All programme’s third tranche allocates funds between [...]

Bexley Conservatives Oppose plans to Downgrade Queen Mary’s

Conservative Councillors at a meeting attended by over three hundred Bexley residents voiced their anger that all three options in the Picture of Health Consultation would mean that no A&E or Maternity services would be provided at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. The proposals drawn up by the medical directors of the four acute hospitals [...]