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Bredon
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GL20 7LR

Tel: 01684 773172
Fax: 01684 773796
email: aihardman@worcestershire.gov.uk
Party: ConservativeCounty Councillor Since : May 2001

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Press Coverage:

Council tax payers face hefty increase 22 Feb 2008

Tax rise and £5m to fight floods confirmed 10 Feb 2008

Call for reduced flood premiums 4 Feb 2008

Chief executive’s service is recognised 4 Jan 2008

It’s bleak house Guildhall as cash screw is turned 8 Dec 2007

Guarded welcome for settlement 7 Dec 2007

Views on High Street plan sought 9 Nov 2007

More relief as schools don’t have to pay back cash 31 Oct 2007

Council chiefs’ funding fears 23 Oct 2007

Civic leaders facing grilling from county’s youngsters 21 Oct 2007

County councillor expects no government flood help 17 Oct 2007

Spending review ‘bad news’ 10 Oct 2007

Councillors to debate county’s future 10 Oct 2007

Help to pay council tax 5 Oct 2007

Benefits going unclaimed 1 Oct 2007

Tax help at hand 28 Sep 2007

Children’s £630k floods boost 12 Aug 2007

£170k salary for new county boss 5 Aug 2007

Officer’s anger over redundancy claims 31 Jul 2007

Still fighting despite nursery closure 20 Jul 2007

We’ll find more money to improve your roads 29 Jun 2007

Council rooms revamp is branded an outrage 27 Jun 2007

Job cuts condemned 22 Jun 2007

Wick – grassroots 10 May 2007

Council Tax help at hand 26 Apr 2007

Why did you give ex-head of Elgar top job? 16 Apr 2007

Council leader will stand down at election 5 Apr 2007

Wick – grassroots 29 Mar 2007

Here’s an extra £1m, now spend it how you’d like 12 Mar 2007

County throws out expansion plans 22 Feb 2007

It’s fun for some and a struggle for others 9 Feb 2007

Councillor hopeful future of centre can be finally resolved 26 Jan 2007

County folk are getting good value 15 Jan 2007

Fighting for future of centre 5 Jan 2007

Wanted: 100 new sites for gipsies 15 Dec 2006

County gets more cash but wants fairer share 14 Dec 2006

Schools get extra cash but it’s still not enough 7 Dec 2006

6.7% extra cash for schools is ‘peanuts’ 7 Dec 2006

Number of council staff on £50,000 has trebled 27 Nov 2006

MP’s rallying cries to keep centres open 7 Nov 2006

Firm action key to building trust 2 Nov 2006

Police shy off using ‘draconian’ power 2 Nov 2006

Firm stance on gipsies 23 Oct 2006

Tax hike planned as well as £8m in cuts 20 Oct 2006

Children will pay the price 19 Oct 2006

Is the fun over? 6 Oct 2006

200 jobs facing axe in council cutbacks 4 Oct 2006

County seeking £7m cuts in budget crisis 10 Aug 2006

Council fulfils duty to gipsies 25 May 2006

Taxpayers may foot bill for health crisis 2 May 2006

£24m to update public transport 28 Feb 2006

Repairs in line for the worst footpaths 16 Feb 2006

Demand made for staff costs 10 Feb 2006

Common ground in funding battle 8 Feb 2006

Shock as council grant is slashed 2 Feb 2006

Forging links between residents and gipsies 2 Feb 2006

Schools wait for a £10m meeting 21 Jan 2006

Warning over possible cuts in public services 19 Jan 2006

Fairer funding talks 18 Jan 2006

Whitehall action tax blow to us all 18 Jan 2006

Top-level meeting on fairer funding 11 Jan 2006

Cabinet reshuffle may scupper council’s plea for more money 10 Jan 2006

A four-star triumph for the county 21 Dec 2005

Joy at extra schools cash 14 Dec 2005

Funding fears at county’s schools 9 Dec 2005

Battling gipsies give up site fight 25 Nov 2005

Gipsies abandon plans to build on site in the Vale 24 Nov 2005

Fears of 10pc tax increase scotched 10 Nov 2005

Gipsy site plan rejected 3 Nov 2005

Campaign for fairer funds hots up 30 Oct 2005

Stop messing around on Chrissies says MP 15 Aug 2005

We’ve done our bit, now where’s our new school? 26 Jul 2005

Seven Tories in council cabinet 2 Jun 2005

Forum to focus on the health of men in Vale 2 Jun 2005

Members storm out over places on panel 27 May 2005

Last-ditch bid to oust gipsies 24 Mar 2005

`We’ll pull up in village’ – gipsies 17 Mar 2005

We’re not planning on leaving site, say gipsies 14 Mar 2005

Services to cost more in the city 18 Feb 2005

Tories on rack over county political shake-up 18 Feb 2005

Centre vow despite land price rise 10 Feb 2005

Council to lower tax demands 6 Jan 2005

Time to stop wasting money 6 Jan 2005

County tax bill to rise 5 Jan 2005

New health centre’s ‘community benefit” 29 Dec 2004

It’s another £35 on council tax 17 Dec 2004

Tight squeeze on tax is predicted 9 Dec 2004

A £22m windfall from Chancellor 3 Dec 2004

Council tax rise set to be revealed today 2 Dec 2004

Mapping out transport 15 Nov 2004

Campaign for fairer funds hots up 9 Nov 2004

Rethink library alterations 28 Oct 2004

Vote on schools shake-up poll 22 Oct 2004

Gipsies await appeal verdict 21 Oct 2004

Mosque plans are dashed by rival buyer 20 Oct 2004

Will councillors find it too hot to handle? 12 Oct 2004

Library change to be for better 23 Sep 2004

Relief as museum is handed lifeline 20 Jul 2004

It makes a change, honestly it does! 20 Jul 2004

£400,000 or county jewel faces a bleak future 14 Jul 2004

MP chairs gipsy debate 8 Jul 2004

Courts act on unofficial site 8 Jul 2004

Travellers move on 2 Jul 2004

Museum’s future is still uncertain 30 Jun 2004

Speed limit is rejected 17 Jun 2004

Court threat as gipsies move in 3 Jun 2004

Travellers given marching orders 2 Jun 2004

Journal’s `great work’ is vital for democracy 13 May 2004

CPO option to buy land for new school 10 May 2004

Don’t miss out on benefits 11 Mar 2004

Children to escape book fines 4 Mar 2004

Kids’ book fines axed 3 Mar 2004

County aims for 5pc tax increase 12 Feb 2004

Museum hit by cash crisis 12 Feb 2004

Councillor rejects MP’s funding dig 11 Feb 2004

Tax up by 5.1% 11 Feb 2004

Council decides on tax bill 6 Feb 2004

Wychavon tax increase 5 Feb 2004

County threatened with cap 23 Jan 2004

Good news for Vale tax bills? 18 Dec 2003

Perhaps extra cash will be used for education 6 Dec 2003

We back campaign for fairer funding 4 Dec 2003

Council tax rise blamed on Blair 4 Dec 2003

Avoiding the issue 28 Nov 2003

Still `not enough’ 27 Nov 2003

Police chief in firing line 26 Nov 2003

‘Still a long way to go’ 26 Nov 2003

£14m education cash jackpot 20 Nov 2003

Council warns of cuts and tax rises as it awaits another paltry sum 17 Nov 2003

Only answer is fair funding 14 Nov 2003

OAPs set to lose out on tax 7 Nov 2003

Passengers protest as bus routes face axe 6 Nov 2003

Dismay at funds’ snub 23 Oct 2003

County fails in its bid for extra cash 20 Oct 2003

Council tax cap threat `will hit services’ 22 Sep 2003

LOWER COUNCIL TAX FOR OAPS? 22 Sep 2003

Tesco will pay for school’s new site 20 Sep 2003

`Join us’ plea in schools cash fight 19 Sep 2003

Fairer funding fight will go on 17 Sep 2003

Setback for funding plea 12 Sep 2003

MPs’ school funding bid 9 Sep 2003

Lessons in diplomacy 4 Sep 2003

Why is it different for Chrissies? 2 Aug 2003

Schools shake-up scheme is blasted 18 Jul 2003

Your pensions safe, staff told 4 Jul 2003

Budgets on the agenda 5 Jun 2003

Brain drain as teachers face axe 2 Jun 2003

Meeting provides update on library work 30 May 2003

Don’t fall for Tory spin, Mrs Donovan 28 May 2003

`It’s not the teachers to blame, Mr Foster’ 22 May 2003

TEACHERS’ WAGES CAUSE CLASS CRISIS 20 May 2003

Five-page cash plan 13 May 2003

School chiefs explain funds delay 12 May 2003

Schools chiefs in cash spend war 7 May 2003

No Minister, we are not cheating 26 Apr 2003

Monday makeover for county website 24 Apr 2003

Get rid of our road bollards 24 Apr 2003

`A magical place’ Unknown gem tops history list 24 Apr 2003

Another stealth tax … but what exactly? 21 Apr 2003

Council IS fighting for a better tax deal 11 Apr 2003

Election list released 4 Apr 2003

Joy at cash aid for gipsy site 4 Apr 2003

Gipsy sites given £1m 31 Mar 2003

MPs critical of landfill taxes 27 Mar 2003

An exciting opportunity to make improvements to library 28 Feb 2003

MP `not doing enough’ to win cash for county 28 Feb 2003

Tax rise a worry 21 Feb 2003

Residents facing a 13% tax hike 13 Feb 2003

Vote is due on council tax rise 12 Feb 2003

County adds new funding cause to its lobbying list 7 Feb 2003

Politicians snub Blackmore talks 22 Jan 2003

MPs back the county’s bid for extra funding 20 Jan 2003

Delayed budget out next week 2 Jan 2003

More cash but gap is not closed 20 Dec 2002

County delays budget decision 19 Dec 2002

Fears over county taxes 18 Dec 2002

Attack on grant level 13 Dec 2002

A grim decision on levels of service 13 Dec 2002

Tax bills may rise 15pc 13 Dec 2002

Low cash grant for Vale schools 12 Dec 2002

Council Tax increase of 15pc on the cards 12 Dec 2002

MP hits back over school figures 9 Dec 2002

City facing more cuts in services 6 Dec 2002

DEVASTATED AT schools’ DEAL 6 Dec 2002

Campaigners’ shock for the Government 30 Nov 2002

A service `held together with sticky tape’ 27 Sep 2002

United front is vital for schools 19 Jul 2002

£60m to improve access to services 12 Jul 2002

Schools funding dismay 10 Jul 2002

Bid in for fair funding share 29 May 2002

Campaign for county cash 22 May 2002

County askes for more cash 21 May 2002

A Beckford bypass is the only solution 11 Apr 2002

Lorry driver dies in horror crash 4 Apr 2002

8.22pc rise in county council tax 22 Feb 2002

School review held up 14 Feb 2002

Pledge could result in £10m windfall 22 Jan 2002

Safety work on A46 under way 17 Jan 2002

Legal action threat for flood-hit farmer 10 Jan 2002

Village speed hope 2 Jan 2002

Exposing sham of Labour’s education policy 20 Dec 2001

County Hall’s upkeep costs 6 Nov 2001

Grant loss to hike up taxes 2 Nov 2001

Anger at schools `election bribe’ 1 Nov 2001

No extra cash for county schools 30 Oct 2001

Delight at safety schemes for road 27 Sep 2001

Families face higher taxes 8 Aug 2001

Warning over tax revaluation 2 Aug 2001

Home tax rise warning condemned 27 Jul 2001

Boaters warned to stay away 3 May 2001

Change is needed to fight under-funding 4 Apr 2001

Labour trying to scare electorate 22 Mar 2001

Court action at Vale waste site 16 Nov 2000

Buying News to find out what’s what 4 Oct 2000

Pershore airs its concerns 7 Aug 2000