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The railway origin destination table is open-ish data.
Plenty of other stuff is sitting in systems and not opened up.
Credit card spend by postcode district of buyer and seller is available.
Plenty of other stuff is sitting in systems and not opened up.
Credit card spend by postcode district of buyer and seller is available.
September 7, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The railway origin destination table is open-ish data.
Plenty of other stuff is sitting in systems and not opened up.
Credit card spend by postcode district of buyer and seller is available.
Plenty of other stuff is sitting in systems and not opened up.
Credit card spend by postcode district of buyer and seller is available.
500,000 was a minimum in the original guidance not a proposed average!
September 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
500,000 was a minimum in the original guidance not a proposed average!
Well, ok, but then "it would be the largest of the new councils being created" is a circular argument when the case against the decisions is that the government ignored its own guidance (500k minimum population, continuity in social care) in favour of political decisions for smaller authorities.
September 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Well, ok, but then "it would be the largest of the new councils being created" is a circular argument when the case against the decisions is that the government ignored its own guidance (500k minimum population, continuity in social care) in favour of political decisions for smaller authorities.
The largest unitary council is surely Birmingham with a population of over a million?
September 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The largest unitary council is surely Birmingham with a population of over a million?
Lose the blue box, you say? Move with the times, you say?
June 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Lose the blue box, you say? Move with the times, you say?
I'm not sure a Boris Bounce is very relevant in Oxford City where most of Labour's seats are though. Are the Conservatives even 2nd anywhere?
March 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I'm not sure a Boris Bounce is very relevant in Oxford City where most of Labour's seats are though. Are the Conservatives even 2nd anywhere?
I think it's deeper than that, there are areas where they are willing to stand on principle and areas where they aren't and I think it's got demographic undercurrents and relates to Oxford being a weird sort of place.
March 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I think it's deeper than that, there are areas where they are willing to stand on principle and areas where they aren't and I think it's got demographic undercurrents and relates to Oxford being a weird sort of place.
I have a view about how this situation arises, developed over a long period of time, but I don't know if it's right and it's not really for public messages especially not in campaign season.
March 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I have a view about how this situation arises, developed over a long period of time, but I don't know if it's right and it's not really for public messages especially not in campaign season.
In a world where support for active travel measures is more or less 60-40 and elections are FPTP it's better to have 2 parties for them and 2 parties against them than 3 parties for them and 1 party against them...
March 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In a world where support for active travel measures is more or less 60-40 and elections are FPTP it's better to have 2 parties for them and 2 parties against them than 3 parties for them and 1 party against them...
It's obstructive of the access to and from the river path and even when they aren't blocking the cycle path itself they are dangerously driving across and along it to get there in a place where a cyclist or pedestrian should not have to, and may not be expecting to, worry about motor vehicles.
March 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It's obstructive of the access to and from the river path and even when they aren't blocking the cycle path itself they are dangerously driving across and along it to get there in a place where a cyclist or pedestrian should not have to, and may not be expecting to, worry about motor vehicles.
I would say that Oxfordshire CC has made a lot more progress on policies to get people less car-dependent than West Berkshire has.
It's not mismanagement to stick to your available budget. It's mismanagement to go so far outside it you need an emergency £180 per resident per year from the Treasury.
It's not mismanagement to stick to your available budget. It's mismanagement to go so far outside it you need an emergency £180 per resident per year from the Treasury.
March 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I would say that Oxfordshire CC has made a lot more progress on policies to get people less car-dependent than West Berkshire has.
It's not mismanagement to stick to your available budget. It's mismanagement to go so far outside it you need an emergency £180 per resident per year from the Treasury.
It's not mismanagement to stick to your available budget. It's mismanagement to go so far outside it you need an emergency £180 per resident per year from the Treasury.
If Oxfordshire were spending an extra £140m a year (the per capita equivalent) we could have gold plated roads!
March 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM
If Oxfordshire were spending an extra £140m a year (the per capita equivalent) we could have gold plated roads!
"Life support" for a local authority is called EFS funding, when the government recognises they've got into a state where they can't balance the books.
Oxfordshire CC is not in that position. West Berkshire is though, to the tune of £30m a year.
Oxfordshire CC is not in that position. West Berkshire is though, to the tune of £30m a year.
March 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"Life support" for a local authority is called EFS funding, when the government recognises they've got into a state where they can't balance the books.
Oxfordshire CC is not in that position. West Berkshire is though, to the tune of £30m a year.
Oxfordshire CC is not in that position. West Berkshire is though, to the tune of £30m a year.
Pebbles was, however, very interested in your coverage of the high volume of construction work taking place in the city and county.
March 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Pebbles was, however, very interested in your coverage of the high volume of construction work taking place in the city and county.