ARCHIVE FOR OCTOBER, 2011
Health Secretary Learns of Leicestershire’s Health Work
Posted on 31st October 2011 in to Uncategorised
Local County Councillors and NHS bodies have briefed Secretary of State Andrew Lansley about how they are working together to improve public health. Mr Lansley visited Leicestershire County Council to meet councillors, public health officials and GPs. Leicestershire County Council has set up a Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board, made up of councillors, GPs [...]
Lib Dems Deny Barwell and Earl Shilton Residents A Say In Their Futures
Posted on 26th October 2011 in to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough
Lib Dem councillors have rejected a Conservative motion calling for the people of Barwell and Earl Shilton to be given a meaningful say in whether they have to accept the 4,500 houses Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is planning for the two communities over the next few years. At Tuesday’s (25th October) meeting Lib Dems [...]
MP WELCOMES GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE ON DANGEROUS DRIVING
Posted on 26th October 2011 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick, MP for Bosworth, has welcomed Government plans to create a new offence of “causing serious injury by dangerous driving”. David Tredinnick said, “The Government has decided to take this initiative following extensive consultation with victims of dangerous drivers, their families, judges and road safety groups. This new offence will carry a maximum sentence [...]
Conservatives Would Pull Council out of ‘Financial Folly’ Office Move
Posted on 26th October 2011 in to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough
Conservative councillors have raised big doubts about the financial case for Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s planned move to new offices away from the town centre Argents Mead site the authority has occupied since the 1970s. At last night’s council meeting it became clear that the controlling Lib Dem councillors were ignoring the strong advice [...]
MP MEETS LOCAL CAMPAIGNERS OVER BRIDGE SAFETY
Posted on 21st October 2011 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick has met campaigners who want to improve road safety on the canal bridge in Nutts Lane, Hinckley. The Bosworth MP got together with the local residents who, in order to improve safety for pedestrians, want restrictions on the size of vehicles allowed to use the narrow bridge on the increasingly busy Nutts Lane, [...]