| Goodbye Greenbelt: 45,000 houses to come? A report, issued today by the South West Regional Assembly, proposes building up to 45,000 houses on the greenbelt between Gloucester and Cheltenham. The report “Shaping the future of Cheltenham... Read More |
| Labour and Liberals vote to continue closures Labour and Liberal County Councillors have rejected calls to respect human rights and to listen to people in Gloucester and voted to push ahead with plans to close Barnwood Park school and Central Tec... Read More |
| Labour and Liberals fail to improve Labour and the Liberals have failed in their stated goal of turning Gloucestershire into an excellent council. In the Government’s CPA (Comprehensive Performance Assessment) inspection of the co... Read More |
| Conservatives call for review of Barnwood closure plan Conservative county councillors have used legal powers to force a review of the decision to close Barnwood Park school, a single-sex girls’ comprehensive in Gloucester. The review was requisitio... Read More |
| Labour conspires to short-change Gloucestershire The Labour Government is using a variety of statistical tricks to cheat people in Gloucestershire out of the money they are due. On one hand Labour insists that the 1991 census figures o... Read More |
| School reviews must not be secret Conservative Councillors have called upon the County Council to guarantee that crucial meetings on the future of schools across Gloucestershire will be open to the public and the press. The Labo... Read More |
| 98% oppose Alderman Knight Axe A massive 98% of voters in Tewkesbury’s referendum opposed the closure of Alderman Knight Special School, on a turnout of over 56% of the electorate. Of the 27,045 ballots returned only 304 supp... Read More |
| Government forces £5m Social Services cuts Government plans for supporting vulnerable people in Gloucestershire could mean cuts of over £5m to Social Services for older people and disabled adults in the county. The ODPM’s requirement... Read More |
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Dhanda and Drew betray heroic Ghurkas Two Gloucestershire Labour MPs, Parmjit Dhanda and David Drew, have been strongly criticised for voting against.... Read More
Shire Hall will fly St George's flag The Conservative administration at Shire Hall has given its strong support to the flying of the cross of St .... Read More
Labour calls for £137pa council tax hike Gloucestershire Labour MPs and councillors have attacked a flagship efficiency scheme, which aims.... Read More
Labour Minister for South West strongly supports incinerator plan In a letter to the Bristol Evening Post earlier this month, Labour Minister f.... Read More
Lib Dems and Labour vote to keep unelected regional assembly Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors have voted to keep the unelected South.... Read More
Gloucestershire bail hostels – truth delayed The Government has delayed telling Gloucestershire County Councillors about the location of bail .... Read More