National News

How many new houses does Rugby need?

Shelter, the housing charity, says England should be building 250,000 new homes every year and the Liberal Democrats policy for the UK is to increase house building to 300,000 new homes every year. (As the UK not only includes England but also Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland then Shelter's figures and the Liberal Democrats' figures are both in the same ball park).

9 Dec 2014
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167 years to replace Surrey’s failing footways

Figures revealed to the Liberal Democrats at today's meeting of Surrey County Council have shown that a third of the county's footways are 'functionally or structurally impaired' and at the current rate of progress it will take 167 years to replace them.

9 Dec 2014
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Open debate on Rugby First and BID

The "review" launched by Rugby Borough Council into the future of town centre development company, Rugby First, and the business improvement district (BID) is running into the sand.

9 Dec 2014
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