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100 more Leicester factories to be inspected in modern day slavery probe The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority says its work in the city is far from over Still image taken from a police video showing an anti slavery operation undertaken by police in Leicester. A number of people were arrested (Image: Leicestershire Police) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in ...

South Holland has lost more than 40% of its funding Published: 06:30, 09 April 2021 New figures show South Holland District Council had its budget slashed by more than 40% in the last six years - but the leader says the real nature of cuts here has been even worse than that. House of Commons Library data showed the district’s settlement funding fell from £5.93 million in 2015/16 to £3.5 million for 2021/22, when adjusted for inflation. That amounts to a fall of 40.9% - but Coun Gary Porter said the authority has actually lost ‘60p in the pound’ during an era of tighteni...

Council writes off £600,000 loan to Leicester's shutdown Haymarket Theatre The venue folded during lockdown last year and the six-figure sum cannot be recovered Updated The council spent £3.6million revamping the venue which was forced out of business during lockdown Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscri...

South Holland District Council leader congratulates South Lincolnshire practice staff for vaccination efforts in Springfields  | Updated: 13:59, 22 January 2021 The leader of South Holland District Council says the area's vaccination programme is 'way in front of plan'. Coun Gary Porter has thanked the teams from 12 practices in South Lincolnshire who are manning the local vaccination centre at Springfields Exhibition and Event Centre. Yesterday NHS England announced that 50,000 people had received the jab so far in Lincolnshire. Inside Springfields vaccination site (43978835) In a tweet C...

District council leader Gary Porter has heard that the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine could begin as soon as next week.