Politics

Nottinghamshire County Council has announced that it is shelving plans to create one or two new ‘super councils’ in the county.

East Midlands Labour MEP, Rory Palmer, rolled up his sleeves to help out at the Bassetlaw food bank in Lowtown Street last week.

The BBC is reporting that Theresa May could be delaying a vital vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement which is scheduled to take place tomorrow (December 11).

Campaigners have joined forces to say thankyou for measures to crack down on speeding traffic through the heart of Braithwell.

An eight-week consultation on the admission arrangements for 2020-2021 for Nottinghamshire community and voluntary controlled schools is now underway and will close on January 15, writes Coun Philip Owen, chairman of the children and young people’s committee at Nottinghamshire County Council.

At the beginning of this week, I secured an adjournment debate in the House of Commons focusing on the Government report into a football course that was subcontracted by the College of West Anglia and moved to Worksop Town Academy, writes John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw.

Labour has a plan to make Britain safer and tackle rising crime, writes Sir Kevin Barron MP.

Bassetlaw District Council has earned more than £1 million over the past year in “stealth” parking charges, government figures suggest.

Angry women are pulling together to protest against proposed fracking at a site between Blyth and Barnby Moor.

Dozens of people in Bassetlaw are homeless, according to a new report from housing charity Shelter.

The Chancellor recently pledged an extra £420 million for road and Nottinghamshire’s share of that will be £6.6 million, writes Coun John Cottee, chairman of the communities and place committee at Nottinghamshire County Council.

MP John Mann has dismissed as “meaningless” a poll that suggests he risks losing his Bassetlaw seat if Labour rejects a second referendum on Brexit.

Nottinghamshire libraries have had their funding slashed by more than a million pounds over the past year, analysis of Government figures reveals.

Last month, Nottinghamshire County Council voted to take more disability benefit away from claimants to pay for adult social care services, writes John Mann MP.

Government reforms to higher education, which include removing the student nurse bursary, have failed, writes Sir Kevin Barron, MP for Rother Valley.

Three redundant water cannons bought by Boris Johnson when he was London Mayor and costing more than £300,000 have been sold to a Nottinghamshire firm for scrap - for just £11,000.

Labour has retained a council seat in a by-election in Bassetlaw, after a former councillor had to resign his seat.

Last Sunday, I was proud to lay a wreath at the Remembrance Sunday service, writes John Mann MP.

As Britain marks 100 years since the first women gained the right to vote, this year’s Parliament Week has added significance, writes Sir Kevin Barron, MP for Rother Valley.