5% of Royal Borough residents have tested positive for COVID-19 We’re told the Tory Administration’s interim key priority is COVID-19 and top of the Medium Term Financial Strategy list is “Impact of COVID-19”, yet one of the biggest budget cuts is to be the RBWM Community Wardens? Potentially reducing their public facing team by over… Read More Cllr Davey RBWM Budget Speech 2021-22

Tomorrow night, Tuesday 23rd February 2021, from 6:15PM you can tune into the Full Council budget discussion for 2021-22. Watch on the RBWM Youtube Channel here >>> The Tory Administration are planning huge cuts and you might find it interesting to hear how they justify the cuts. With a very solid opposition, it will also… Read More RBWM Full Council Budget 2021-22 TOMORROW from 6:15PM

Feel free to email me with your thoughts after reading this blog about my concerns and observations relating to the RBWM Budget 2021/22… Next year’s budget is looking to save / cut just shy of £6m. Download the Cabinet Budget Report here >>> It will be discussed at this week’s Cabinet meeting when hopefully they… Read More RBWM Budget 2021/22 – My Concerns and Observations

I love living in Windsor, we have the history and magnificence of Windsor Castle, the Long Walk and The Great Park but sadly all that glitters isn’t gold and we have many, many residents living on the breadline. With reports of Windsor being a popular place for tax dodgers to reside, how are we treating… Read More Royal Windsor where Rich and Poor live side by side

On Thursday 25th June 2020, exactly a year after the seed was sown for CIPFA to do a full review of Governance at RBWM, the final CIPFA report will be presented at Cabinet. Watch the meeting LIVE on Youtube >>> The full report is a catalogue of gaping holes and is highly embarrassing for RBWM.… Read More CIPFA review of Governance – FINAL REPORT going to Cabinet this Thursday 6:15pm… tune in…

In December 2019 Deloitte published its Report to the RBWM Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Panel on the audit for the year ended 31 March 2019. It is an audit of the Royal Borough’s financial reporting and discharge of governance duties, encompassing the preliminary CIPFA Report. The report has for some unknown reason been held under… Read More Should ex & current Councillors be held to account for their actions?

I guess it was the frequent mentions, at the full council budget meeting, of the Titanic & icebergs by the Opposition that got me thinking about boats. I have this picture of dragon boating on Dorney Lake, raising money for Kids in Nepal at the High Wycombe Rotary Club Dragon Boat Race a few year’s… Read More “User Pays” Sink or Swim if You’re a RBWM Resident

For me to do my job properly, it is good to get feedback from residents. I’ve created the poll below to help me do that. Before I was a Councillor I probably would not have bothered to look at these documents unless I had a specific reason to do so. I’ve added some links to… Read More Do you ever read the RBWM Budget papers?

I was looking for the £450,000 pothole budget last week which I found out, ONLY by asking at an Overview & Scrutiny Panel, has been culled and rather ironically discovered there is a project called Maidenhead Missing Links which has £2,800,000 for cycle ways and footpaths around Maidenhead, helping join up a few places… Now… Read More Maidenhead Missing Links – Cycle Paths £2.8m in RBWM Budget Proposals?

Here is the proposed budget that is going to cabinet this week, 6th February, for ratification and then on to Council for 25th February 2020 Please read, digest and make your feelings known… Budget 2020/21 Annex A Capital Annex B Fees and Charges Annex C Revenue Budget Annex D Treasury Management   You can see… Read More RBWM Budget Reports 2020/21

Join us at Communities Overview & Scrutiny Panel tomorrow, Tuesday 28th Jan, 6:30pm Maidenhead Town Hall You can see the full agenda here >>> Focus, for me, is on Budget savings as shown below Budget £639,000 – Propose Saving £180,000 Efficiency Description – Refocus Community Wardens on problem solving, achieving staff savings Review and adjust… Read More Join us at Communities Overview & Scrutiny Panel Tuesday 28th Jan, 6:30pm Maidenhead Town Hall