The on-going dispute over a proposed change to the pension scheme for workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) was discussed in Parliament today. Hundreds of employees from the nucl... Read more
A borough council committee has concluded it is “optimistic” about the possibility of eventually forming a Basingstoke and Deane unitary. This would see the borough take control of the servi... Read more
A committee chaired by Basingstoke MP Maria Miller has claimed the Government is not doing enough to tackle sexual harassment and violence in schools. A report published by the women and equ... Read more
More than £2.1million in Government funding is due to be used to fix potholes on Hampshire’s roads next year. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond assigned £1.1billion in funding to he... Read more
A review commissioned by Basingstoke and Deane’s council has claimed that creating five unitary authorities for the whole of Hampshire could save £100million a year. The borough ordered the... Read more
Basingstoke MP Maria Miller feels the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement has provided an “excellent opportunity” for the town to secure infrastructure funding from central government. Philip Hamm... Read more
The borough council has been accused of “making a complete mess of” its budget for the next four years. A proposal stating Basingstoke and Deane’s intention to hike its council tax up by fiv... Read more
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has paid out nearly £470,000 in lost planning appeals since 2010, new statistics have revealed. The authority was one of 217 councils nationwide to resp... Read more
Plans to form a single ‘mega-unitary’ authority for the whole of Hampshire has been ruled out “at this stage” by the county council. The idea of scrapping all of the councils operating in th... Read more
A High Court ruling blocking the Government from leaving the European Union independently could “do incalculable damage to the public”, according to a Basingstoke and Deane councillor. Prime... Read more
