Labour ousted with stunning win for the Lib Dems in Melksham Spa.
Melksham has a new Town Councillor, elected on Thursday.
24 Jun 2011
National News
MP writes open letter to county council demanding they ‘call off failing single status project’
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the leader of Cumbria County Council asking him to call off the deeply controversial and unpopular single status programme.
24 Jun 2011
Lantmannen Bakery Now Open
I was delighted to join Thomas Boden, Chairman of Lantmannen Group, in opening Lantmannen Unibake's major new bakery at Cambridge Road, to the South of Bedford. We have worked closely with the company since we were first alerted that they were seeking a location for expansion, and it's fantastic that the plant which will create up to 300 new jobs is now up and running. In fact, Lantmannen had originally wanted to locate the new bakery inMilton Keynes, where they have an exiting plant, but after they were unable to secure planning permission at a particular site there, Bedford Borough Council moved quickly to support them in finding a suitable site and creating jobs and economic growth here.
23 Jun 2011
On the naming and numbering of streets...
Wiltshire Council's 'cabinet' set out the council's policy on street names and house numbering at its meeting on June 22nd 2010. This is one of the areas which used to be in the jurisdiction of the local district councils before their abolition.
23 Jun 2011
Guildford decision throws on-street parking plans into tatters
Plans by Surrey County Council to impose on-street parking charges across the County were thrown into chaos last night when Guildford Local Committee unanimously rejected putting the plans for the Borough out to public consultation.
23 Jun 2011
Wiltshire's children are worth less
One of the anomalies created by the Labour government, which the coalition has so far failed to put right, is the difference in the amount of funding going to children and schools in different parts of the country.
CTC
23 Jun 2011