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PLANS to build 18 affordable homes on the site of the old Bromsgrove council offices have been deferred amid claims that the local housing association was being "ripped off" by about £600,000. A decision to accept a bid to manage the homes at Burcot Lane from the not-for-profit Bromsgrove District Housing Association (BDHT) was put off on Wednesday night (January 20) after district councillors realised they had accidentally revealed confidential financial details in a public meeting. Thi...

Published: 4:55 PM January 21, 2021    Changes to members allowances will see a shift in money away from the opposition party which has led to a political fight - Credit: Archant A political fight has ensued over changes to Redbridge Councils allowance policy with both sides accusing the other of playing party politics. At tonights council meeting there will be a vote on changes to the councillors allowance scheme after it was agreed that a small increase would be scrapped.  As a result of ...

Cash-strapped council pulls out of funding plan for Derbyshire homes The scheme is for 114 homes built in Derwent Street, Belper 05:15, 20 JAN 2021 Derwent Street, Belper (Image: Google Maps) Subscribe to our weekly email updates about the Peak District to make sure you never miss another storyInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance w...

Cllr David Greenhalgh, Cllr Marie Brady, Cllr Sean Hornby, Cllr Paul Sanders BOLTONS ruling Conservative Group say it is business as usual after the shock withdrawal of the Lib-Dems support for the party - which risked plunging the council into disarray. Leader of Bolton Council, Cllr David Greenhalgh said the Tories still had the confidence of the smaller parties to steer Bolton through the coronavirus pandemic and to deliver on the 25 point agreement, drawn up to create a working arrange...

The G7 is a group of the largest advanced economies in the world and comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Russia was previously a member of the then G8 but was ejected over the annexation of Crimea. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also invited Australia, India and South Korea to attend as guests, as he seeks to promote a green recovery from the crisis. It is capable of setting the global agenda because decisions taken by these maj...

THE Labour opposition on Bolton Council has said it does not wish to make political capital’ amid a crisis for the ruling Conservative group which has seen two of their councillors quit the party and the breakdown of a working agreement with Liberal Democrats. On Tuesday, Conservative councillors Beverley Fletcher, who represents Breightmet and Diane Parkinson, one of the members for Hulton, resigned from the Tories and will sit as independents. In another blow to the minority Conservat...

Bolton Tories in turmoil as two councillors quit party and Liberal Democrats end working agreement "We don’t feel Bolton Council has stood up to the government enough to support and protect Bolton" 15:41, 14 JAN 2021 Updated Diane Parkinson, a councillor for the Hulton ward, has quit the Tory group (Image: LDRS) For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we w...

BOLTON’S controlling Conservative group suffered two huge blows today as two of their councillors quit the party and Liberal Democrats terminated a working agreement with the administration. The Tories, a minority group in the council chamber but who control the authority through a working arrangement with other parties, have now lost that relationship with the borough’s seven Liberal Democrat members. The news comes as two Conservative members, Cllr Beverley Fletcher, who represent...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving former Chester City and Cheshire West and Chester Councillor, who has died at the age of 76. Brian Crowe, who had served as a councillor for over a quarter of a century, was widely respected among his political allies and opponents and has been described as "a giant of the community". He served as Lord Mayor of Chester from 2002-2003 and was the first Chairman of the new Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2008. Brian stood down from the coun...

The UN  But a separate report saw things differently. "Although it does a lot for charity, Akelius’s business model is trampling on the human rights of its tenants,” wrote Leilani Farha, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, in April 2020.  In the UK, Canada and Germany, it said: “Akelius’s business model, driven by the desire to maximise profits, has created a hostile environment for its tenants through a severe degradation of housing conditions, highe...