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  Arbour In Trouble Over Confidential Information (from Sunday Herald)
Former council leader Tony Arbour, who also represents south-west London on the London Assembly, could be hauled before the councillors' watchdog and face a serious threat to his political career.
It said: "Coun Arbour has asserted that he did not believe the information conveyed in the email was of a confidential nature or indeed given to him in confidence.
Coun Arbour has already said he will not attend the meeting of the standards sub-committee on Monday because there is, in his opinion, no case to answer.
www.sundayherald.com /display.var.1325525.0.arbour_in_trouble_over_confidential_information.php?act=login   (555 words)

  
 Twickenham Conservatives - People - London Assembly Members
Tony Arbour, a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, has been consistently opposed by Liberal and Labour members when he has tried to change this.
Tony says: "A Conservative controlled GLA with Boris Johnson as Mayor, will free up the police to concentrate on deterring crime, catching criminals and seeing that they are punished.
Tony and Boris also worked hard to remove restrictions on the Freedom Pass for the elderly to allow them to be used all day.
www.twickenhamconservatives.com /index.php?sectionid=2&pagenumber=34   (1238 words)

  
  Arbour Back With Reduced Majority (from Hounslow Guardian)
Mr Arbour had claimed victory with 48,858 votes, although his tally was only narrowly ahead of the Liberal Democrat candidate, Dee Doocey, who polled 44,791 votes.
Tony Arbour, who polled over 31 per cent of the votes, marked his victory by saying: "This is a good day for south west London, and for the Tories of London.
Mr Arbour had been confident that he would retain his seat, although he was shocked by the rise in the UKIP vote: "We were certainly expecting a good result here.
www.hounslowguardian.co.uk /news/localnews/display.var.504673.0.arbour_back_with_reduced_majority.php   (789 words)

  
 eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance
Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, today condemned South West London Assembly member, Tony Arbour, for saying at a Richmond Council meeting that social rented housing was, 'housing for riff-raff' when opposing plans for a scheme for more affordable homes in Richmond.
Tony Arbour has been a longstanding critic of the Mayor's policy of building more affordable housing in London and of setting a strategic target that 50 per cent of all new homes should be affordable.
“Tony Arbour's comment is a direct insult to the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who live in social housing and make huge contributions to London.
www.egovmonitor.com /node/14710   (316 words)

  
 Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency
Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, today called on South West London Assembly member, Tony Arbour, to apologise for his comments at a Richmond Council meeting equating social rented housing to 'housing for riff-raff'.
The Mayor also called on Mr Arbour to reverse his longstanding opposition to the target that 50 per cent of all new homes in London should be affordable.
It is quite clear from this that his remarks were unacceptable - and his desperate attempts to explain them away after the event do not hold water.
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 Fury Over Social Housing Riff Raff Quote By Arbour (from Richmond and Twickenham Times)
The Conservative LA member for South West London, Tony Arbour, made the comment at a meeting to debate Richmond Council's bid to build social housing on a number of borough plots and remove the requirement from two other "prime" sites set for development.
He said: "Tony Arbour's comment is a direct insult to the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who live in social housing," he said.
The Lib Dems deliberately twisted Cllr Arbour's attack on them to deflect the fact that they are deviating from their own policy by only wanting PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT on Twickenham Riverside to a) make even more money to hoard and b) it's "not appropriate" to allow social housing on the Riverside...
www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk /news/localnews/display.var.1739616.0.fury_over_social_housing_riff_raff_quote_by_arbour.php   (1350 words)

  
 Cllr Tony Arbour AM - Profile - Conservative Party
Tony was a senior lecturer and Honorary Visiting Fellow at Kingston University Business School and a former Governor of the University.
Tony was GLC member for Surbiton between 1983 and 1986.
Tony Arbour is a Justice of the Peace and Assistant Chairman of the Richmond upon Thames Bench.
www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=34187   (231 words)

  
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Tony Arbour, Hounslow's Member of the London Assembly and Conservative Planning Spokesman said: "This is the thin end of the wedge.
This represents an attack on the freedom of the boroughs such as Hounslow and is part of Livingstone's threat to 'crush' them.
Under Tony Arbour unfortunately Hounslow is out of step.
www.newsshopper.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=520171   (544 words)

  
 Measles outbreak feared as MMR take up plummets
Local Member of the London Assembly Tony Arbour (pictured right) is claiming that a report on the local health trust reveals the 'shocking truth' about the state of their finances.
Arbour said, “Hounslow PCT and The Borough’s NHS is in serious financial trouble.
Hounslow PCT Chief Executive John James responded to these claims by stating “We are surprised that Tony Arbour has asked us to ‘admit the truth to local people’ as we have made it our business to be 100% honest with patients since the PCT was created two years ago.
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 Measles outbreak feared as MMR take up plummets
Local Member of the London Assembly Tony Arbour (pictured right) is claiming that a report on the local health trust reveals the 'shocking truth' about the state of their finances.
Arbour said, “Hounslow PCT and The Borough’s NHS is in serious financial trouble.
Hounslow PCT Chief Executive John James responded to these claims by stating “We are surprised that Tony Arbour has asked us to ‘admit the truth to local people’ as we have made it our business to be 100% honest with patients since the PCT was created two years ago.
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 Tony Arbour's "riff-raff" jibe offensive to social housing tenants (Stephen Knight)
Tony Arbour's "riff-raff" jibe offensive to social housing tenants (Stephen Knight)
Tony Arbour's "riff-raff" jibe offensive to social housing tenants
Arbour attempts to gag the truth over his "housing for riff-raff" gaff.
stephenknight.org.uk /news/000004/tony_arbours_riffraff_jibe_offensive_to_social_housing_tenants.html   (338 words)

  
 Feltham and Heston Conservatives, with Cllr Mark Bowen. Your Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman
Tony is a Visiting Fellow at Kingston University Business School and a former Governor of the University.
Tony was GLC member for Surbiton between 1983 and 1986.
Tony Arbour is a Justice of the Peace and Assistant Chairman of the Richmond upon Thames Bench.
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 Tony Blair prepares to quit big politics and hit big theatre stage - Pravda.Ru
Tony Blair prepares to quit big politics and hit big theatre stage - Pravda.Ru 2 June 2008
Tony Blair prepares to quit big politics and hit big theatre stage
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce his intention to step down as Labour Party leader Thursday, ending weeks of speculation about his departure and setting the clock ticking on the final weeks of his 10-year premiership.
english.pravda.ru /world/europe/10-05-2007/91175-prime_minister_tony_blair-0   (829 words)

  
 Mayor accused of plans to 'crush' London boroughs
Tony Arbour, who is the Conservative Planning Spokesman in the GLA said, "This represents an attack on the freedom of the boroughs such as Hounslow and is part of Livingstone's threat to 'crush' them.
Ken Livingstone, blasted Tony Arbour accusing him of 'scaremongering and obfuscation'.
He singled out the borough of Richmond, where Tony Arbour is the Council leader, as being particularly out of step with his policy.
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 Guardian Series   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cllr Tony Arbour, who represents Hampton Wick ward, opposes a proposed ten metre high mast at the junction of Normansfield Avenue and Upper Teddington Road, near Hampton Wick Infant School, on the grounds that it would be a health risk.
Following Cllr Arbour's declaration to local residents, expressing the council's opposition, the government department wrote: "Local authorities should not implement their own precautionary policies, e,g by way of imposing a ban or moratorium on new telecommunications develop-ment or insisting on minimum distances between new telecommunications develop-ment and existing development."
Cllr Arbour said: "It is sad that we are prevented from taking action which will safeguard the interests of the residents whom we represent.
www.walthamforestguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=573476   (616 words)

  
 Arbour Regains Assembly Seat (from Your Local Guardian)
Hmm, wasn't it Tony Arbour who was leader for 4 years and failed to cut council tax whilst sitting on a slushfund of £50 Million pounds!
Tony Arbour gives me the creeps, he is not so good at speeches and no matter what he says
Tony C, don't be silly - the swing to Arbour was nothing to do with him.
www.suttonguardian.co.uk /mostpopular.var.2245332.0.arbour_regains_assembly_seat.php   (1516 words)

  
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Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
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 Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Council leader Tony Arbour has already expressed his displeasure.
“We want all stakeholders to have their say so that all the options can be debated by Londoners.” Richmond council leader and GLA representative Tony Arbour was aghast at the thought of the borough being abolished or stripped of its powers.
He said: “This investigation is being conducted by a bunch of so-called regional politicians who can no longer be bothered to serve on their borough councils and are more interested in discussing abstract structures than actually getting on with service delivery and improving the lives of Londoners.
www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=414750   (592 words)

  
 Chiswick Prtotection Group
A meeting was held on 20th September by the member societies of the Chiswick Protection Group (CPG) with Tony Arbour, our elected constituency member of the GLA.
Tony Arbour has spoken with Chief Superintendent O'Brien and Terry Thorn of LB Hounslow.
The London nail-bomber had been caught that way.] Tony Arbour added that LB Hounslow is one of only a few boroughs that have not applied for anti-social behaviour orders.
www.chiswickw4.com /community/cpg20000920.htm   (2288 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The flag has been flying since Monday and Cllr Arbour said: "This gesture demonstrates the borough's support for our residents and their families who are on active service in the Gulf.
Cllr Arbour denied that the council owed any further justification to the many residents who have been demonstrating against the war.
Cllr Arbour insisted: "I think it would be inconsistent, after presenting the Freedom of the Borough to HMS Richmond, not to support their actions in the Gulf and given that both Serge Lourie and MP for Twickenham Vincent Cable attended that ceremony you might wonder about their own consistency."
www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=288432   (414 words)

  
 Manifesto of Arbour, Tony (C)
Tony Arbour is a senior lecturer at Kingston University Business School.
Tony has spent his entire life in the constituency; representing Ham & Petersham and Hampton Wick on Richmond Council and Surbiton on the Greater London Council.
Tony believes that Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow should be represented on the Assembly by someone who knows and shares the problems and pleasures of living in our corner of Surrey and Middlesex.
www.cvs1.uklinux.net /cgi-bin/elections/candidate.cgi?15.2   (160 words)

  
 Mayor calls on Tony Arbour to apologise - Building
Ken Livingstone has called on London Assembly member Tony Arbour to apologise for likening social rented accommodation to “housing for riff-raff”.
London’s mayor said Arbour should retract his comments, made at a Richmond Council meeting on 27 September, and reverse his longstanding opposition to the government target for half of new homes in London to be affordable.
Arbour’s reportedly said: “I do not believe, for one moment, that if a private owner came along and said, I do not want to have any riff-raff on this site, but I will provide the housing for the riff raff somewhere else in the borough, this would be acceptable.”
www.building.co.uk /story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3097305&c=1   (282 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Following the complaints from residents and traders, council leader Tony Arbour deployed staff to remove the benches, steam clean the area and trim the shrubbery, adding new planters as an interim solution.
The council are also looking at long term solutions such as establishing areas in the borough where public drinking is prohibited, but still have logistical and ethical issues to consider before they announce these plans.
Mr Arbour said that people had asked him whether he thought those people drinking in the area would sit in the brick niches instead, but pointed out: "I think if you were a drunk you would find bare brick quite uncomfortable to lie on.
www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=401744   (532 words)

  
 Hounslow Primary Care Trust
“We are surprised that Tony Arbour has asked us to ‘admit the truth to local people’ as we have made it our business to be 100% honest with patients since the PCT was created two years ago.
“Tony Arbour’s analysis of our situation shows that he doesn’t have a clear understanding of the facts.
Similarly, Hounslow is not one of those areas which has a shortage of dentists – we have 56 dental practices and are comfortably hitting Department of Health targets for access to dental services.
www.hounslowpct.nhs.uk /news/news_detail.asp?ID=47   (420 words)

  
 Guardian Series   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Speaking to the Brentford Chiswick and Isleworth Times, Mayor Livingstone said that Hounslow's member of the Greater London Authority, Cllr Tony Arbour, had been telling "totally untrue stories", when he claimed the Mayor had a "hidden agenda" to cause "economic devastation" to Hounslow's community.
This drew immediate condemnation from the Tory Cllr Arbour, who claimed that Hounslow was a prime candidate for early introduction of the scheme.
Mr Arbour told the Times: "This is a tremendous threat to the viability of our major shopping centre and leisure facilities, Hounslow is a thriving business centre with major tourist attractions providing thousands of jobs and very low unemployment.
www.walthamforestguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=479088   (638 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Staines Guardian   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the ceremony, Sir John also spoke to Richmond Council leader Tony Arbour about the possibility of reopening Hampton police station in Station Road.
For Sir John it was a special trip as he worked as a detective on night duty at the station during the start of his career in 1964.
Mayor of Richmond Councillor Douglas Orchard, Richmond Council leader Tony Arbour and Twickenham MP Vincent Cable all turned out for the ceremony.
www.stainesguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=271711   (367 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Croydon Guardian   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Over 170 residents from throughout the borough packed into the Clarendon Hall at York House to grill council leader Tony Arbour and officers about their proposals and express their opposition and uncertainty about the plans, especially removal of protected status for a number of open spaces.
Cllr Arbour was at pains to stress that the council did not have any secret plans and sought to reassure the residents throughout the evening.
One resident asked Cllr Arbour if he was happy with the so called' consultation that had taken place.
www.croydonguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=281829   (640 words)

  
 Weblog of a liberal: July 2007
If I recall correctly, the truth is that the opponent Cllr Arbour was fighting was the Standards Board for LBRuT, to whom a case had been deferred from the Standards Board for England.
Mr Arbour lost this 'fight' and was forced to apologise for divulging figures highly sensitive to the proper tendering process to journalists.
Perhaps when David Cameron told The Forum Leadership for Sustainable Development Masters that “we need to create sustainability-literate leaders of the future” he had in mind that even the Conservative Party would have to move forward and reject the head in the sand culture of their recent past.
georgebeevor.typepad.co.uk /weblog_of_a_liberal/2007/07/index.html   (321 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Croydon Guardian   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Councillor Tony Arbour, leader of the Conservative group on Richmond Council, claimed that the size of the vast debt had only now been confirmed by council chief Richard Harbord's figures.
The leader of the Lib-Dem controlled local authority, Councillor David Williams, admitted Mr Arbour's statistics were correct but only if none of the loan was repaid.
He confessed that no money had been repaid during the last year because the theatre, while able to cover its running costs, has not managed to produce a profit.
www.croydonguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=83807   (289 words)

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