This year s local elections have shaken Derbyshire s political bedrock
There have been drastic changes to local politics, all decided in the past few days
17:33, 11 MAY 2021
In a month of campaigning, a day of polling and three days of counting, the election results across the county and city have changed political control remarkably (Image: Ian Hodgkinson/Picture It/DerbyTelegraph)
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Piles of wood and asbestos have been illegally fly-tipped by “selfish, abhorrent individuals” on a road in the Romsey area. The pile of rubbish on Ryedown Lane, which also includes some peculiar items such as a green door and pieces of carpet, is believed to have been dumped between 8.30pm on Monday, April 26 and 4am on Tuesday, April 27. Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) is appealing for information to catch those responsible for the “disgusting” fly-tip. Anyone who recognises any of the items or witnessed the incident is urged to come forward. In a Facebook post appealing for information, Cllr Nick Adams-King said: “Do any of [the items] look familiar? Have you noticed someone having renovations?
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Revealed: The five Test Valley council bosses earning more than £100k a year A TOTAL of five council employees took home £100,000 or more last year, it has been revealed. The figures, published in the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s 14th Town Hall Rich List, analysed data from councils across the country. The council has defended the high salaries of the five employees, stating they ‘recruit hard-working, dedicated staff ‘ who are paid at a ‘competitive’ rate. Test Valley Borough Council’s chief executive, Roger Tetstall who has since been replaced by, Andrew Ferrier brought home the highest pay packet of £179,000. This was made up of a salary of £150,000, a pension of £21,000 and expenses of £8,000.
A government decision that could force councils to return to face-to-face meetings from next month has been met with criticism and concern across much of Lancashire. Ministers have said that powers introduced last year enabling local authorities to stage remote meetings as a result of the pandemic will end, as planned, on 6th May. In a letter to town and county halls late last month, local government minister Luke Hall said that the success of the vaccine rollout and a fall in the number of Covid cases should ensure a “significant reduction in risk for local authority members meeting in person”.