Milton Keynes Civic Reception

One of the main roles of a Town Mayor is to maintain convivial relations with our neighbours. Throughout my (near) two years as Buckingham Mayor, I have attended many functions in our neighbouring towns and last Friday was another one. At the invitation of the Milton Keynes Mayor and his Mayoress, Julie and I spent the evening chatting to the other guests (the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff, MK councillors, other Mayors,  among others).

Topics of conversation included friendly chat of course, but also discussions about homelessness, the route of the express way through our district, the controversy surrounding how home owners on new estates are now expected to pay on top of council tax for services that their neighbours in nearby estates get as part of the council service package, and other topics! It is always helpful and valuable to gather the experiences of other towns and bring these ideas back to our town.

It was a positive and enjoyable evening during which we heard much about the MK Mayor's chosen charity - the MK Bus Shelter. There were some children from the MK Chinese school performing some beautiful folk dancing with ribbons.