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BCP Conservatives to look ‘carefully’ at active travel schemes
The new Conservative administration running BCP Council will look “very carefully” at the conurbation’s controversial active travel schemes. Under the previous Unity Alliance leadership, the local authority introduced a number…
Read more‘Major programme of savings’ needed warn St Helens Council
“Radical” reductions in council services could be proposed in an effort to shrink a projected £20.4 million budget gap next year, a senior councillor has warned. St Helens Borough Council…
Read moreNo Lockdown for Online Consultation
This time last year consultation events were taking place across the country, and there was not a face mask or a hand sanitiser in sight. That scene is hard to…
Read moreTorbay Hospital £400m rebuild will bring major changes to NHS services
The NHS is planning a major change in how healthcare is provided in Devon as part of a massive hospital rebuilding programme. The Government says its investment at Torbay Hospital…
Read moreTemporary closure of children’s services at the Royal Free
NHS bosses have moved to reassure the public about the future of the Royal Free Hospital’s children’s A&E, amid calls for senior decision-makers to answer questions from concerned locals. Writing…
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Parliament, consultation and the local lockdown
The lack of consultation on the coronavirus regulations was again top of the agenda in Parliament this week, though the debate has moved from the Commons to the Lords. In…
Read moreKent County Council to ‘refuse’ green schemes without more consultation
Kent County Council (KCC) will “refuse” future green travel schemes that have not been fully consulted with the public after controversy over a lack of engagement with communities. At least…
Read moreWarwick and Leamington MP sends petition to parliament in fight against Warwickshire County Council’s plans to build single ‘super-authority’
Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western has presented his petition in the House of Commons in his fight against Warwickshire County Council’s plans to build single ‘super-council’ Speaking in Parliament,…
Read moreControversial A38 bus and cycle lane in Northfield ‘will be reviewed’
A CONTROVERSIAL new combined bus and cycle lane on the main A38 from Northfield to Birmingham city centre is being reviewed after causing uproar among local residents. Campaigner Gemma Cartwright…
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