Hinckley & Bosworth Conservative Group Leader Councillor Paul Bessant has met with Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street to mark the Royal Assent of the Government’s Localism Act on 16 November 2011. Commenting, Councillor Bessant said: “It was an honour to visit Downing Street and to meet with the Prime Minister to discuss [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Conservative councillors representing Barwell and Earl Shilton are to present a motion to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council next week calling on the authority to launch a wide-ranging consultation with local residents before proceeding any further with its plans for the large-scale expansion of the two communities. The Lib Dem administration of the Borough Council [...]

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 [...]