Councillor Philip Alford - Wiltshire Council Housing

Philip Alford first became a councillor in 2007 and now works for Wiltshire Council. He joins Allan on More Than Just Property today to talk about his views as a local councillor, how things are going generally in the county. Philip also tells us all about his life as a teacher as well as finding that all important work life balance. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• As a teacher and a councillor, Philip couldn’t teach in the same council that he was working in due to possible conflicts of interest. He had to commute an hour to Swindon every day for work. 
• As a councillor Philips job is to represent local people and be their voice at meetings and represent their values. He also deals with a lot of case issues such as potholes or overgrown hedges. As he progressed he’s taken on more and more responsibilities as he’s part of the cabinet now dealing with reports and budgets. 
• As a representative of the cabinet, Philip doesn’t just represent people in his district anymore, but the whole of the county.
• The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is intended to record expenditure and income on running a council's own housing stock and closely related services or facilities, which are provided primarily for the benefit of the council's own tenants.
• As Philip has two jobs he doesn't get much downtime. His lunch break at work is usually spent sending emails and then when he gets home it’s the same. As a teacher he does luckily have those 3 months off where he can really focus on council work.  

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s a job like no other’

‘I represent over half a million residents’ 

‘You have to know when you’ve done enough and have to accept the result’ 

‘If children know there are opportunities out there, then they will go for them’ 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=7207

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