The MHCLG has said it carries out governance reviews of towns fund boards before distributing any money. After Labour sought access to these, junior communities minister Luke Hall said they were “an internal process carried out by MHCLG officials and there are no plans to publish them”.
Sources in Stocksbridge say declarations of interest and other documents were produced after Sheffield city council expressed alarm at the lack of visible governance.
There are also concerns about potential perceived conflicts of interest given some of the projects earmarked for funding by the board. One would involve the regeneration of Manchester Road, the town’s main high street, which adjoins the Fox Valley retail park, which is owned by Dransfield’s company.
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Fast reaching during the Hadron H2 Solent Trophy at Warsash © Keith Callaghan
With the relaxation of COVID lockdown regulations from May 17th, the scene was set for the long-awaited first 2021 open meeting of the Hadron H2 class, in conjunction with their close cousins, the Hadron H1s.
The venue, Warsash Sailing Club, has a special resonance for the H2s as it was the location of their first National Championships, in 2017, when every H2 then built was present. The 2021 event proved just as popular, as the entry of 18 made it the largest H2 open meeting to date.
The event was to span 3 days, with Friday (21 May) being an on-water training day, run by our National Champion, Ian Sanderson. But the weather gods have been somewhat belligerent of late and the forecast looked truly ominous, with the strongest winds in the entire northern hemisphere due to slam into the Solent on the Friday. Sure enough, winds exceeding 50 knots were recorded locally, so Ian rapidly devised