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Mark Valladares

News from the first tier of local government

By Mark Valladares | Mon 30th March 2026 - 3:53 pm

As some of our readers will know, I’m a Parish councillor in deepest Mid Suffolk, chairing my council as I have for most of the past eight years. Creeting St Peter is a “micro council”, as defined by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC), with a precept of just over £6,000 a year, and a professional staff of approximately 0.05 full-time equivalent. We don’t do “big stuff”, like providing services, but what we do is represent our residents and lobby principal authorities on their behalf. I like to think that we’re quite good at it, in our own modest …

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