It has been a challenging transition and represents a «huge switch» — Blackman was able to balance childcare and
her role as a councillor while her partner was in full time work — but she says there are some perks.
Now he uses
his role as a councillor «who stands on his own» to maintain a high profile.
Kelly Tolhurst hopes to keep the seat for the Conservatives and she will undoubtedly be hoping that
her role as a councillor for Rochester West on Medway Council will help to boost her status.
Not exact matches
At the very least George Osborne should be stripped of his title
as a Privy
Councillor and barred from any secure briefings that the
role gives him.
Agreeing with the stance, Kensington MP Emma Dent said Senior
councillors and decision - makers linked to the Grenfell Tower refurbishment can not stay in their
roles as a corporate manslaughter investigation looms.
The former county
Councillor said that her faith will play a part in her now
role as an MP and she will «definitely» be prayerful about her decisions and her constituents.
Importantly, the Localism Bill does not just liberate councils, but also individual
councillors in their
role as advocates for their local communities.
In addition to his current
role as RCP Treasurer Sir Richard has also served the College
as MRCP Examiner, Censor,
Councillor and sat on a number of specialist committees.
In this first three research appointments and his PhD studies local government issues were the dominant interest, a theme which covered work on issues
as diverse
as the executive and scrutiny reforms; member allowances; the
role (s) of local
councillors; local elections; departmentalism; community appraisals; consultations; ward boundary changes; and history and structure.
Councillors should act
as role models for their community, not needlessly insult the people that look up to them.
I'd like to see Ofsted
as inspectorate and not political commentator; RSCs focused on MAT capacity and a transparent process for moving schools between chains; the best local authority teams heading out to start their own MATs; and
councillors carving out a new
role in admissions and advocating for parents.