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Welcome to The Alternative Council

We pull back the curtain on local bureaucracy to ask questions officials would rather ignore

From secret meetings to signed off projects behind closed doors, we expose where your money really goes. We’ve all seen it: the public consultations where your voice doesn’t count, and the votes where every councillor raises their hand in silent agreement.

The planning loophole: a modern fait accompli. No-where is this crafted magic more evident than in the planning system. You know the cycle: a developer submits a plan, the community objects, and the council fearing the cost of a fight, eventually folds. Or worse, the council rejects it, only for the Planning Inspectorate to overturn the decision on appeal. It’s the ultimate fait accompli. A system where the ‘public’ in public service is treated as an obstacle, and your community’s future is decided by a government official you never voted for.

Our Mission: Unofficial Auditors

We use the power of the Freedom of Information Act and tips from ‘The Council Whisperer’, to show you exactly how the public treasury is being spent, and whose interests are being served at Town Hall.

We cordially extend an invitation to those of you who refuse to blink in the face of red tape

Ready to see what’s really happening? Whether you’re a seasoned observer of the civic circus or a newcomer wondering where your council tax went, pull up a chair. It’s time to remind our officials that we are watching. The floor is ours.

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