The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
16 October (Part 2) - Expensive children
Councillor Davey (Conservative, West Heath) had chaired a sub-group of the Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee targeted
at seeing if the number of EHCPs (Education, Health and Care Plans) could be reduced and maybe eliminate the
Dedicated Schools Grant deficit. He briefly spoke of its recommendations and an
extract from the written summary may be seen below.
One of the improvements called for is greater involvement of local employers and finding more job coaches.
When listening to Council meetings there is usually something that stands out as
interesting and quotable but this particular meeting came across as a muddle with unclear
questions and rambling answers. Apart from being able to report that SEND
Transport costs are worryingly high and the cost of looking after the most
difficult children can be a million each with a bed for a single night hitting
£900, nothing of great note came to the surface.
However it did became apparent that Bexley is not immune from children identifying as
something their parents didn’t think they were. “Significant numbers and
terrifying” according to one Councillor. “Horrifying” according to another.
It should be noted that Bexley only just missed out on an Outstanding Award
following its Youth Justice Inspection. The manager who achieved the Good rating is Severine Aare.