With an average increase of just 10p per week, Liberal Democrat/ Independent run Basingstoke and Deane will have one of the lowest council tax rates in Hampshire, and most of the country. The 2025/6 budget was approved by full council in February.
Oldham Council’s minority Labour administration was only able to pass its budget with support from Shaw and Crompton ‘Independents’ and the Failsworth Independent Party.
Local MP Lisa Smart is leading a debate in Parliament on Wednesday on funding for community theatre, with many theatres across the country under threat from the impact of RAAC (reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete).
Saddleworth Parish Council should go out to the people, says Liberal Democrat Councillor Helen Bishop, who is proposing that the Parish Council takes meetings out to the community to better engage with people on what they want.
Tom Gordon has questioned a Minister in Parliament following the collision of two ships, one a tanker carrying jet fuel, off the coast of East Yorkshire
Orkney has established itself as a “must visit” destination for government ministers, parliamentary committees and politicians of every political stripe.