Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils

12/04/2023

24/02/2023

Our week in review is available to read in full here 👇👓https://bucksalc.gov.uk/thoughts-of-clerks-and-rfos-will-be-turning-to-year-end-considerations/

27/01/2023

Our week in review is available to read in full on our website here 👓https://bucksalc.gov.uk/bad-men-need-nothing-more-to-compass-their-ends-than-that-good-men-should-look-on-and-do-nothing/

13/01/2023

Our week in review is available to read in full now on our website!

Free January, Member Support Services and your Feedback! Well done, you’re through your first full week back at work in 2023.  Hopefully your snorkel is getting a bit of respite as the rain s…

09/01/2023

Our first week in review for 2023 is available to read in full here: https://bucksalc.gov.uk/ready-to-meet-the-challenges-of-2023-head-on/

03/01/2023

On the 1st of November 1947, Town and Parish Councils from the County of Buckinghamshire came together for the Inaugural Meeting of Buckinghamshire Association of Local Councils. This remarkable collaborative which has sustained both it’s members and our local government sector, will celebrate its 75th birthday in 2023.

Town and Parish Councils are perhaps the final bastion of a full democracy. We are the closest point to those we claim to represent and equally, the closest point to be judged by that same audience. Recognising the power of working together to educate, lobby and improve our communities, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils, as it is now known, and it’s members have faced challenge and judgement, earned respect and compliments, on the real work they do in their communities.

So for our 75th birthday together, we will be celebrating our Communities, looking at practical ways to support and further enrich the wide diversity that we represent, pooling our knowledge and resources and looking further afield for ideas and inspiration. We very much look forward to your participation in special events this year recognising this incredible milestone.

Happy 75th Birthday BMKALC!

Mel Woof
Chief Executive

02/12/2022

Support for EDM urging Government to revisit Standards in Public Life

BMKALC urges all members to consider supporting Dr Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, who has tabled a NEW early day motion (EDM) calling on the Government to re-visit its response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life report on local government ethical standards, including the introduction of tougher sanctions to deal with poor behaviour in local councils.

Please contact your MP’s to campaign for their support, this can be done by individuals or the whole council. The Society of Local Council Clerks, have designed template letters which you can use to contact your MP on this issue. You may like to amend or personalise it with an introduction and sign off, and if appropriate the inclusion of any personal experiences will help to add context and influence. Improving standards across councils, helps us all, whether we are Officers or Elected Members.

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BMKALC urges all members to consider supporting Dr Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, who has tabled a NEW early day motion (EDM) calling on the Government to re-visit its response to the …