Politics

More than 300 people have made formal complaints about their councils in Nottinghamshire, new figures reveal.

Nottingham City Council is set to embark on a bold new scheme to build driveways outside people’s council houses – and then charge the tenants.

Councillors from across Nottinghamshire voted today to go ahead with plans to scrap district and borough councils and create a new authority for the whole of the county.

A scheme to abolish district and borough councils has taken a significant step forward at a heated county council meeting.

Today (July 12), Nottinghamshire County Council will vote on whether to go ahead with a plan to abolish all seven county and district councils in Nottinghamshire.

Where do the resignations of Boris Johnson and David Davis leave the Prime Minister? More importantly, where does it leave the Brexit negotiations?

A campaign to save education and services for deaf children from hefty financial cuts has been backed by Bulwell’s Labour MP, Alex Norris.

MPs covering Mansfield, Ashfield and Sherwood agree that cannabis oil for medical purposes should be used more frequently, but are split on the overall legality of the substance.

Leaders of all seven district and borough councils in Nottinghamshire are to meet to discuss plans which could see their authorities scrapped.

Nottinghamshire County Council has said 93.3 per cent of parents and carers secured a place at their first choice primary school for their children in September 2018, up 1 per cent on the 2017 intake.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson stirred up controversy this week by likening this summer’s World Cup in Russia to Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Ashfield District Council has launched a year of events commemorating the end of the First World War by unveiling a floor lighting display on Kirkby Plaza, in tribute to all armed forces members past and present.

Fire chiefs have rubber-stamped a controversial decision to cut night-time cover at Ashfield and Retford fire stations as part of a bid to cut costs.

Council tax will rise by 2.95 per cent this year to fund Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue – while fire chiefs are also expected to rubber-stamp a controversial plan to cut nighttime cover in Ashfield and Retford.

UKIP’s deputy leader has resigned in protest over Henry Bolton’s refusal to step down as head of the party.

A week is a long time in politics, as the saying goes.

Mansfield MP Ben Bradley has apologised for a blog post slamming “unemployed wasters” and claiming benefit claimants should have vasectomies.

A council leader has said the central government is ‘starving’ the district of money - as its yearly budget is cut.