ARCHIVE FOR AUGUST, 2011
Lib Dems ‘Fast and Loose’ Secret Vote with £20 Million of Taxpayers’ Money
Posted on 31st August 2011 in to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough
The Lib Dem Administration of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council last night failed to heed the warnings of both Labour and Conservative councillors by holding a secret session during a Council meeting to commit local taxpayers to over £20M of liability for new Council offices in a deal which the Lib Dems have locked the [...]
Conservatives Against Borough Council’s Call for More Traveller Sites
Posted on 30th August 2011 in to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough
Following the article in last week’s Hinckley Times ‘Project Puts Spotlight On Travellers’ and particularly the comment from the Borough Council that ‘there was a strong chance more [Gypsy & Traveller] pitches would be needed in Hinckley & Bosworth’, the opposition Conservative Group is assuring residents that this is not their opinion, and that they [...]
RIOTS: DAVID TREDINNICK MP SAYS POLICE MUST BE ALLOWED TO USE FORCE WHEN NEEDED
Posted on 12th August 2011 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick MP has gained assurances from both the Prime Minister and Home Secretary that police officers in riot situations will be given the backing to use the force necessary to deal with the situation. The Member of Parliament for Bosworth told MPs during the recalled session of the House of Commons that following controversy [...]
DAVID TREDINNICK MP ACTS TO SECURE M69 SLIP ROADS REPAIRS
Posted on 8th August 2011 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick MP has successfully lobbied for urgent repair work to be undertaken on major roads in the Burbage area of his constituency. The Bosworth MP raised with the Highways Agency the extremely poor state of repair of the M69 slip roads at junction 2 (B4669 Sapcote/Hinckley) and at first was informed that remedial work would [...]
David Tredinnick MP praises Government for staggering £3.75 billion of savings in just 10 months
Posted on 4th August 2011 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick MP has welcomed news that the Government has made £3.75 billion of cash savings on Whitehall spending in just the ten months from May 2010 to March 2011. Last year Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude promised to leave ‘no stone unturned’ in the hunt for savings from central Government spending. The Government has done just [...]