Huge response to Councillors petition against Housing development

Lib Dems set to freeze Council Tax for 5th year.

Lib Dem Council leaders in Hinckley and Bosworth are set to freeze the Borough Council's part of the Council Tax for the 5th consecutive year, the Council Leader announced on Tuesday night. Cllr Stuart Bray (Lib Dem, Hinckley Castle Ward) told the full Council that his administration continued to ensure the Council was on a firm financial footing for next year and the next three years. Cllr Bray said "This will mean that throughout the full term of this Lib Dem administration we have not increased Council Tax by a single penny, yet we continue to maintain good local services. On top of this we have a regeneration record that is the envy of council's across the country with work well underway on bringing a new cinema, leisure centre and shops and restaurants to the town. "Residents only need to compare this to the record of the Conservative County Council who are axing staff and slashing services such as the funding for the well-used green waste service and local libraries." Under the Liber

Tenants Group AGM success

The Hinckley and Bosworth Together for Tenants group held a packed AGM recently.

Campaigners fight to save Earl Shilton Bank

A PETITION has been launched to try and save the last bank in a local town from closure.

Ed Davey's speech to Liberal Democrat Conference

Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton

A Fair Deal for Family Carers

Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.