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NHDC's questionnaire is now arriving at Letchworth households. Please answer YES to both these questions:
Q3a. Do you support the proposal to abolish the Town council?
Yes.
Q3b. Do you support the proposal to abolish the civil parish arrangement?
Yes.
PLEASE NOTE: Abolishing the Town Council and the civil parish arrangement will NOT result in the loss of Letchworth as a town, or change the name from Letchworth Garden City, or lose its status as First Garden City. Our town will still be Letchworth Garden City, exactly as it was prior to 2005. All that will happen is we will no longer have the bureaucratic governance layer that was set up in 2005 in order for the expensive and unnecessary Town Council to exist.
Click here to read more...
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At the start of 2012, having resolved all the issues left us by the first administration, we asked NHDC to undertake the process by which the Town/Parish Council can be officially abolished.
The most important part of that process is now taking place: A consultation for Letchworth residents. Click here for full details.
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A lot has been going on over the last 2½ years, much of it quietly happening behind the scenes.
So, let's now take this opportunity to fill you in on both the truth behind the staffing issues, and also bring you up to date on all the other things we have been doing... Click here for full details.
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HELP Council Again Saves £½ Million per Year - December 2010
The HELP led parish council has again voted in a zero tax precept for the coming financial year - that's another £½ million saving on what was being charged to the town by the previous parish councillors two years ago.
To keep this cost permanently at zero we urge the town's tax-payers and voters to continue supporting us while we work towards the final abolition of the parish council. Under the current legislation it is looking like this will come in 2013.
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The new HELP led parish council has voted in a zero tax precept for the coming financial year - £½ million down on last year. Click here for more details.
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There has been huge progress in delivering the elected mandate to close down all town council activities. Click here for more details.
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Read about how much the new councillors have already achieved in the first month Click here.
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The newly elected Letchworth Parish Council met for the first time at 7:30pm on Wednesday 17th June 2009.
After the outgoing chairman passed over to the new HELP chairman, the meeting was run very professionally with clear direction and proper consideration to the public voice. A positive and welcome new beginning in working towards the end...
Click here to read the agenda.
At the meeting the new council voted in the following primary policy:
“To close down all the Council activities as soon as legally and morally
possible, leading to a non spending Council so that its dissolution may then
be sought.”
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In a landslide victory, on 4th June 2009, Letchworth Garden City voters resoundingly backed HELP to abolish the expensive and unnecessary town council.
An unequivocal message was given to both the out-going chairman and the person who instigated the town council in 2005, as they each received the lowest number of votes out of the candidates in their wards.
Click here to see the results in full.
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Further Announcements soon...
Further details will be announced here as the progress continues with working to achieve the democratic mandate of carefully and considerately shutting down the town council...
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