Politics

MP for Rushcliffe, Ruth Edwards writes about flooding, the A52 Clifton Bridge and East Leake health centre among other things this month.It’s certainly been...

Ambitious plans to power up the East Midlands with new investment in vital transport links, affordable housing and public services, were announced at today’s...

How today's budget could affect the East Midlands, with comment from Tom Randall MP.The plans outlined by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak,...

Here is the transcript from today's Budget from Chancellor Rishi Sunak.Budget 2020 “Madam Deputy Speaker,I want to get straight to the issue most on everyone’s...

Rushcliffe Labour Group react to last week's Rushcliffe Borough Council meeting last week.Last week the Conservative led Rushcliffe Borough Council met to set their...

Councillors have agreed to raise council tax by the maximum 3.99 per cent while putting more into reserves.It means people in Band A properties...

Rushcliffe MP Ruth Edwards has been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.The unpaid promotion means Ruth will become the...

Rushcliffe MP Ruth Edwards has submitted proposals to ministers over funding a new £12 million health care centre and community hub at East Leake.The...

Nottinghamshire County Council is poised to approve a plan to spend £28 million upgrading buildings it owns and building new ones.Under the plans, a...

Rushcliffe MP Ruth Edwards has given her maiden parliamentary speech and said she hopes her predecessor Ken Clarke will become a peer and enter...

Nottingham City Council’s school catering service has beaten leading private sector operators to win a tender for four new school catering contracts in Derby,...

Households in Nottinghamshire will see their bills to go up again from April after the county council announced council tax would rise by 3.99...

Nottinghamshire County Council says that it is continuing with its ambitious programme of investment, despite the financial pressures of recent years caused by the...

Centres which aim to give at-risk and deprived families in Notts a better start in life are set to be scrapped by the county...

The controversial high-speed train line from London to the North of England should proceed as planned, according to a leaked Government report.Last year,...

A new monthly column for The Wire written by Ruth Edwards MP.Newly elected MP for Rushcliffe, Ruth Edwards writes about the first few...

Gedling’s former Labour MP Vernon Coaker will receive the highest honour the council can bestow.He served as the Member of Parliament from 1997 until...

One of the UK’s leading speech therapy experts has urged Nottinghamshire County Council not to ‘forget the children’ who receive crucial speech and language...

A new group designed to monitor the 10 companies owned or part-owned by Nottingham City Council has met for the first time today (Tuesday,...

Communities Secretary Rt Hon Robert  Jenrick  MP visited Mansfield on Friday 17 January   to hear directly from local leaders about their ambitions to transform...

A row has broken out over a controversial decision to scrap a mental health scheme which helps pregnant women and new mothers.The Conservative-led Nottinghamshire...

Forest versus Derby tickets and international trips are among the gifts which were offered to Nottingham city councillors in the last decade.Ice hockey and...

A plan which sets out Nottingham City Council’s priorities and ambitions for the start of a new decade has been published. See full document. The...

Politicians from all parties have called on the Government to do more to provide a long-term plan for adult social care in Nottinghamshire.The issue...

Severe flooding which saw torrents of water flooding down streets and caused more than 40 properties to be badly damaged has again been the...

Social care bosses in Notts have reacted to news that an additional £1.5 billion is set to be made available to councils to help...

Rushcliffe Borough Council has signed up to Public Health England’s (PHE) Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health to promote the wider health initiative.This...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been urged by Nottingham City Council to restore the funding sources that previous Chancellors have taken away from...

At the Planning Committee held today at Nottinghamshire County Council, members agreed to grant permission for the new Primary School and Nursery at Sharphill.The...

Plans aimed at attracting new foster carers and retaining current carers have been approved at Children and Young People’s Committee today (Monday, 15 July).The...

A controversial plan which includes a new gravel mine in Barton-in-Fabis has taken a step forward.But calls are already being made for elements of...

Hundreds of miles of road verges could be ‘given back to nature’, with less aggressive verge trimming, more trees planted, and current trees left...

A Conservative councillor has likened a group of travellers heading to a planned horsefair as a ‘biblical plague’.From July 25, travellers will head to...

A project to provide more regulated places for travellers to stop in Mansfield will see four new camps set aside, it has been revealed.A...

Last month’s controversial decision by the BBC to ask most pensioners to pay for their TV licences is set to be discussed in Nottinghamshire,...

Nottingham City Council is pledging to stop using single-use plastic over the next four years as part of its new Council Plan.Action includes looking...

Cllr Linda Woodings, Portfolio Holder for Housing, Planning and Heritage took a motion to July’s Full Council to highlight the insecurity many Nottingham renters...

Nottingham City Council has approved plans to buy back more than 250 former council houses.The four-year scheme, which was approved at the Council’s Executive...

Improvements to local sport clubs, new play areas and better access for people with disabilities are among the many projects set to benefit in...

A new Council finance report reveals that Nottinghamshire County Council is spending an additional £7.5 million this year to meet a sharp rise in...

The rising number of children being taken into care and fostering has left the county council £7.5m over its child social care budget.The Conservative-led...

A construction firm has been appointed for the new multi-million pound Gedling Access Road.The road, which runs past the new Chase Farm Development...

Broxtowe Borough Council received significantly more than they expected for selling a plot of land.A multi-million pound development known as Beeston Square Phase Two...

Vulnerable people in Nottinghamshire are still considerably out of pocket, months after a controversial change to the way benefits are charged came into effect....

Kath Marriott has assumed the role as Rushcliffe Borough Council’s new interim Chief Executive. Mrs Marriott starts the position from today (Monday 1 July )...

The party in charge of Ashfield District Council has been accused of creating new paid jobs for its councillors after a controversial decision was...

A new app for mobile phones which will allow people to report potholes, find out school opening times and access a host of other...

Nottingham City Council has released this statement saying that it supports Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in schools.Below is the city council statement in...

Nottingham City Council is proposing to increase charges for adult social care services – and is asking for feedback on its plans.The City Council,...

The rainbow coalition has kept control of Broxtowe Borough Council after the Liberal Democrats won both seats in a crucial by-election.Had the Conservatives held...