Gwen Swinburn 🇬🇧🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿xx

Sick to death of top staff @cityofyork & LGA again blaming Cllrs for all evils-any balanced report would address the ever more dysfunctional ever more controlling #PiRFailFloydx2 management too. The report from the latest Monitoring Officer does tells all democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocument…

@NigelCllr @labouryork @YNYMayor Indeed-particularly pernicious as the ‘urgent’ works in 2021 are delayed to next admin-Because Labour want to save 90 seconds on bus routes ( yet CYC could save up to 10 mins by opening Coppergate for buses only) oh & sneak in another LTN Micklegate from @YNYMayor BSIP funds👿

@GSwinburn @labouryork @YNYMayor yorklabour.org.uk/fear-of-gridlo…

So @labouryork have once again delayed what were urgent repairs to Lendal Bridge back in 2021- preferring to introduce an LTN in Micklegate Quarter & Bus Gate all courtesy of @YNYMayor #BSIP£ Seems they don’t want want to answer the questions everyone should be asking #Foi 🧵

I just watched your comments about my “criminal” history . As a journalist try looking into my prosecutions, none of my convictions have been by jury & they used my wife as leverage in a deal to plead guilty on one case . @TrevorPTweets i would be happy to sit with you & show you details that prove my prosecutions were fraudulent , it’s been a non stop campaign of lawfare. If @elonmusk had not stepped in there would be another 2 convictions on that list you are reading but on their last 2 attempts I was found not guilty with both judges blasting police for unlawful actions & saying I was targeted for who I am not what I did . FACT

So I asked the ?s instead. I want to see the risk assessment, the fatigue and structural assessments. I want to see how many heavy vehicles breached the weight TRO across that bridge .. and where they are supposed to go when the Bus Gate is installed ??? whatdotheyknow.com/request/lendal…

@SteveGallowayYk I am to put it mildly more than concerned.. paper may look ok.. but all we really hear about is his men’s health & highstreet extras- with no chance of knowing anything even on how the highly paid and many staffers divide £ between @northyorksc & @cityofyork

@SteveGallowayYk 🧵Generous of you Steve- from second year of disclaimed audits ( auditors couldn’t find enough data to audit), it was entirely impossible for citizen auditors to inspect even £500 payments, almost zero officer delegated decision records, no contract or grant register, no foi data

Mayor's budget update:  A tight ship in choppy waters? westfieldnewsfocus.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/may…

Hi @ZiaYusufUK @Nigel_Farage this is a very bad look. Besides legal obligations the @reformparty_uk should be encouraging transparency and engagement. Removing reporters to the public gallery is to impede their access to Members, at minimum @MyNottingham

@bristol_citizen @stillawake And a promotion!

@stillawake She's more likely to get a pay rise.

Why do the public have to pay twice for mistakes by people running the council? Deduct it from Patsy Mellor’s six figure salary.

I am baffled as to why consistently behaving like a total prat is regarded as a sensible election strategy. I’ve never seen the thinking behind it explained The Lib Dems have more MPs than they’ve had for a long time. It’s a solid base on which to build, especially given Labour’s woes. But this is not the way to do it.

@BritainVotesNow Oooh. interesting! I have been wondering about York Outer in particular! Re Central @YorkGreens made a v poor job of being CYC minority power 2019/23 esp now huge left lurch- with left wing Maskell-I expect Labour hold at mo too. Tx! @ConservativesYO @yorklibdems @labouryork

@GSwinburn We are unlikely to publish council projections until May is out of the way, but our WMC projections are all on our site too! britain.votes.now/uk-parl/votesn…

Election projection for Kirklees Borough Council, May 2026. Where do you want to see next?

Court rules that council’s traffic orders were lawful localgov.co.uk/Court-rules-th…

NCP, one of the country's largest car park companies, has crashed into administration. PWC, the administrator, says "a sale of all or part of the business will be explored as one of the options to secure the best outcome for creditors". Employs 682 people at 340 car parks.

@jpurle @Mike_Fabricant @OneNationHenry Or the other high pressure departments -Children /Education and Send or most roads? So…

@Mike_Fabricant @OneNationHenry Well, it tells me that the District doesn’t have to pay for Adult Social Care and the City is really an uncapped Parish Council. 😉 But I get your point.

Got my Council Tax Bill ❌ Staffordshire County (Reform) UP 3.9% ❌ Lichfield City (Labour) UP 6.0% ✅ Lichfield District (Conservative) UP 1.9% below inflation Says it all

@localgoveditors At least @coventrycc Councillors & citizens are informed & set up precautionary reserve. Not in @labouryork York -even at A&G a direct ? from chair 👉S151 said she will say nothing at all ‘negotiations’ ongoing No precautionary fund, wall of silence from s151 ext/int audit 👿

William Eichler, editor of LocalGov, reflects on the stories that captured readers’ attention last week – from equal pay risks and asylum policy tensions to election integrity and an escalating row between Labour and the unions. localgov.co.uk/LocalGov-Weekl…

Good heavens - I guess the blob really is worried about the now far left ( not so) @TheGreenParty as well as @ZiaYusufUK Reform party!! I wonder what the blob has in mind - as if Cllrs had much say anyway these days.

What’s as bad is S151 won’t comment, Mazars ext auditors & Veritau internal auditor are silent. s151 ‘section 25 assurance statement silent..so this is what I said at budget council. It’s bad enough citizens are kept in the dark-but Members too? @NigelCllr @chrisdsteward

I have repeatedly raised this issue with York Council. Task & Finish work continues. Contingent liability added last year. Cllrs told nothing. No ‘precautionary reserve’ from @labouryork . No change in tiny line item in risk register 🧵 @labouryork @yorklibdems @ConservativesYO

Hey @RosieDuffield1 pretty sure that most international students have access to free NHS vaccinations if they are registered with a surgery- there is pretty aggressive recruitment from GPs in my neck of the woods 💰 @YorkStJohn might be worth a push? @RachaelMaskell

Mr Speaker.