{"id":148,"date":"2026-06-12T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:30:16","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-neve-link-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d62888f2ab56b73ff195b593e056b4b9\">WORD FROM WOODHOUSE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where I will share regular updates about what I\u2019ve been working on as Barnet\u2019s only Green councillor and as councillor for Woodhouse Ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of council work happens quietly behind the scenes, like council scrutiny, casework and policy work, as well as speaking with residents, attending community events and trying to unblock problems before they escalate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, I thought it would be useful to give residents a clearer picture of what local councillors actually do day-to-day and the issues people are raising with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-41ba1147 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<figure style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0;padding-right:0;aspect-ratio:1\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/my-first-three-weeks-as-a-barnet-councillor\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2067\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"MY FIRST THREE WEEKS AS A BARNET COUNCILLOR\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil.png 2067w, https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil-882x1024.png 882w, https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil-768x892.png 768w, https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil-1323x1536.png 1323w, https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fullcouncil-1764x2048.png 1764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2067px) 100vw, 2067px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-017703818d0a9414e03e6485f4c818f3 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-neve-link-color-color has-large-font-size\">MY FIRST THREE WEEKS AS A BARNET COUNCILLOR<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">My first speech at Full Council Earlier this month I attended my first Full Council meeting as a councillor, where&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/my-first-three-weeks-as-a-barnet-councillor\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORD FROM WOODHOUSE This is where I will share regular updates about what I\u2019ve been working on as Barnet\u2019s only Green councillor and as councillor for Woodhouse Ward. A lot of council work happens quietly behind the scenes, like council scrutiny, casework and policy work, as well as speaking with residents, attending community events and&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhousecommunity.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}