The leader of Basingstoke and Deane’s Liberal Democrat group has insisted that a tax rise approved by the borough council is “an invoice for Tory failure”. Councillors narrowly voted to appr... Read more
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North East Hampshire’s MP presented a petition in the House of Commons last week to help stop an Odiham bank from closing. Lloyds Bank announced last November that it would be closing its br... Read more
A second council tax hike in a week is set to be agreed for Basingstoke and Deane residents on Thursday night. The borough council is due to meet then to approve the authority’s budget for t... Read more
Maria Miller has called for relationship education to be made a compulsory subject for children at schools nationwide. The Basingstoke MP has tabled an amendment to the existing children and... Read more
Council tax is set to be increased five per cent by Hampshire County Council from April and a further three per cent 12 months later to help deal with adult social care funding pressures. Av... Read more
Hampshire’s top cop has warned that risk to the county’s police force will reach “unacceptable levels” if it does not receive greater funding from the Government. Independent figures release... Read more
A further £5million in Government funding to help fill potholes across Hampshire is still not enough, according to the county council. The latest cash boost was announced on Friday and follo... Read more
Maria Miller has welcomed new measures put in place aimed at providing more support for children and young people in Basingstoke struggling with mental health problems. The number of childre... Read more
Maria Miller feels “concrete action plans” need to be put in place to bring a higher representation of women into the House of Commons. The Basingstoke MP is one of just 191 female represent... Read more
Borough councillors took just seven minutes to approve a project to build 122 new houses in Rooksdown this week. Each of the homes at The Spinney, next to the former Park Prewett Hospital, w... Read more
