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Nick Beall

@nickbeall.bsky.social
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Sort of here, sort of there. Politics, Localism, Communities and Cricket. Labour and Co-op Councillor. Opinions unlikely to be anyone else's.

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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
well this has ruined my day, thanks Stephen.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This feels like the road to madness
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Won't anyone think of the Democratic Services team at Tendring District Council who might have to run two by-elections in the coming months.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I went to university in Southampton and lived relatively close to where this took place so this feels quite personal - I think this is the best thing i've seen written about it.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The story that @londoncentric.media was made to deliver.
Picture of London centric email about winter wonderland
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Happy Tram day to all those celebrating.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Outstanding caption in the latest @londoncentric.media newsletter about London's murky pedicab industry.... www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-pe...
Photo caption: A pink Lamborghini-branded pedicab illegally parked on Westminster Bridge. It is not known whether this pedicab is an officially-licensed Lamborghini product.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I've been wondering about this since I read the piece (which is genuinely crackers)
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 13/03/2025
Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
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Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I've subscribed to London Centric and you should too!
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Enjoyed this blast from the past list of former Farage challengers from @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter this morning.
Text: So, in many ways, Rupert Lowe giving remarkably unhelpful interviews to newspapers is just what we should expect to happen. It’s the same old set of criticisms that Farage has attracted from within his parties: he doesn’t have what it takes to expand appeal, he is too dictatorial, the party needs to be more open to its right flank.
Frankly, I don’t think Rupert Lowe is going to be any more successful than Gerard Batten, Patrick O’Flynn, Douglas Carswell, Robert Kilroy-Silk or any of the other politicians who thought they knew how to better steer the ship. (That it was a struggle to remember some of those names tells its own story.)
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I know people are distracted by other things but this is a very curious response in Politico from the Shadow MHCLG team given that the Plan for Neighbourhoods is a remodelled version of the Long-Term Plan for Towns launched under the last government. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Text: On the grid: Meanwhile, Angela Rayner has announced a new £1.5 billion “plan for neighborhoods” fund for 75 deprived areas across Britain. Communities including Darlington, Scarborough and Great Yarmouth will be handed £20 million to invest in things like youth clubs and cultural venues. Rayner said the plan “puts local people in the driving seat of their potential, having control of where the Whitehall cash goes.” The Mirror’s Ashley Cowburn has more.
Tory response: Shadow MHCLG Secretary Kevin Hollinrake said: “Labour erased the phrase ‘levelling up’ from government and instead of delivering for local communities are now spending taxpayer cash on wasteful pet projects this country can’t afford.”
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm sorry, but I hate these scumbags so much.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Agree entirely with Stephen, I think it's also quite telling that that's the metric she reaches for.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
One of my longest and more sincerely held views is that politicians themselves should stay off Twitter/Bluesky and leave it to their staff.....
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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The details of the 2025/26 PH grant allocations are now available, including the £200m uplift announced first thing this morning. However, the grant value is still 26% lower per person in real terms than 2015/16. Short 🧵 on why today's uplift is important and why it needs to be just the start. 1/
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Adam Terry @adamterryfgf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A new NAO report out today points to a whopping £49 billion backlog in public sector property maintenance. The public realm is falling apart. www.nao.org.uk/reports/main... [1/6]
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Maintaining public service facilities - NAO report
The public spending watchdog has estimated that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49 billion.
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Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If Districts go, we need to consider "what goes up, what goes down" when thinking people's sense of democratic expression locally. This excellent chart is from @stkaye.bsky.social and @reformthinktank.bsky.social. Which powers could be passed to hyper-local level, which should go to new unitaries?
A chart from the Reform think tank laying out the powers which exist at parish, district, county, unitary, and regional combined authority level in England.
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Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Here’s an updated starter pack for #localgov aficionados - folk who work in & around local government policy, practice and commentary. Slow to build as critical mass only recent- please let me know if you would like to be added… go.bsky.app/VBM66q7
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Bring this back imo.
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Great to see former @localtrust.bsky.social colleagues joining us here! Give them a follow @mattleach.bsky.social @maddiejennings.bsky.social!
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Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Going to give posting here a go... we've been working on a series of papers applying our research work to how Labour might implement their missions in government. Our paper on the opportunity mission it out now, let me know if you'd like to chat about it! localtrust.org.uk/insights/res...
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Breaking down barriers
This paper examines education and employment at the neighbourhood level
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