Fantastic response to X-ray petition in town centre
Shoppers were queuing in Hinckley town centre to sign a petition to get X-ray facilities back in the town.
26 Oct 2019
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Plans to abolish Hinckley and Bosworth opposed by Lib Dems
Plans by the Tory leader of Leicestershire county council Nick Rushton to abolish all local Boroughs including Hinckley and Bosworth and replace them with one Unitary authority for Leicestershire have been condemned by a leading Liberal Democrat. Hinckley County Councillor and Leicestershire Lib Dem Finance spokesman Cllr Michael Mullaney said "These plans would see areas like Hinckley miss out. They will lead to massive centralisation of decision making in the county and areas like Hinckley and Burbage on the edge of the county are likely to be overlooked. It's particularly concerning if control over planning applications end up with the County Council given we are expected to take so much development here without the infrastructure needed being delivered by government. "This is clearly a power grab by the Tory County Council bosses to scrap areas like Hinckley and Bosworth and Oadby and Wisgston that haven't voted Conservative. The County Council would be much better placed if they continued to press thei
18 Oct 2019
Lib Dem Council steps in to offer support for X-ray services in Hinckley
Liberal Democrat run Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council have written to local NHS chiefs offering to loan them the money to bring X-ray services back to the town.
18 Oct 2019
Anger at delay in fairer funding review raised at County Council
News that the government is to delay its fair funding review for local councils for another year until 2021/22 was met with anger at the recent Leicestershire County Council's full council meeeting.
10 Oct 2019
Stephen Dorrell welcomed to Lib Dems as many other former Leicestershire Tory supporters switch to Lib Dems
Former Conservative MP for Loughborough and Charnwood and former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has joined the Lib Dems
5 Oct 2019
Michael Mullaney discusses need for better local services with party leader
The Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor Michael Mullaney recently met with party leader Jo Swinson recently where he discussed with her issues affecting the local area.
30 Sep 2019
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