Gloucestershire County Council

I think the waste collection service in Gloucester is rubbish, pants.  It is not user-friendly and is not fit for purpose.  The city council would be reluctant to change it…

Yesterday, Teresa May threw down the gauntlet in quite a bold move by calling a general election.  There are possibly many reasons for this, she may not have the votes…

Fracking is rearing its head with a more imposing stature as the Government seem to want to thrust the process upon us, and reduce the due diligence that we should…

The latest budget meeting with the Police And Crime Commissioner happened this week and the results are quite sobering.  In his original manifesto, Martin Surl stated that we would not…

Since Labour has shown the principled leadership to make all efforts to stop the development of the incinerator, one of the main criticisms has been that Labour would be saddling…

I, with 4 of my Labour colleagues, have today written to the Chair of the County Council, asking him to call an extraordinary meeting of the Council in order to…

With the news this week that Eric Pickles has decided that local democracy isn’t worth a damn, and that an Incinerator should be built at Javelin Park anyway, then the…

We have heard that Eric Pickles MP, the Secretary of State for Local government, has again delayed the decision on the Javelin Park Incinerator that the Gloucestershire Tories have steam-rollered…

A planning application has been submitted by ASDA to add a Petrol Station to the Kingsway site.  The Planning application can be found on the City Council website (Link to…

The bus services around the county are in for a big shake up starting next week.  I’m rather disappointed in these changes for the main reason that no-one seems to…