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Coun Ben Bradley says he wants to avoid having to cut important services in the future. Photo: Other

County council leader calls on Government for funding as 'budgets squeezed'

WORKSOP, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a resident Q&A session at Cafe-Neo at the Priory Shopping Centre on November 17, 2023 in Worksop, England. (Photo by Peter Powell - Pool/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Worksop for Q&A session

Ben Bradley (left), Claire Ward and Matthew Relf are the candidates to be the first East Midlands mayor. Photo: Other

Council signs off £900,000 booklets cost for East Midlands Mayoral elections

Robin Hood and Maid Marian helped raise the flag for Nottinghamshire Day. Photo: Nottinghamshire Council

Flag-raising ceremony celebrates third ever Nottinghamshire Day

Counr Ben Bradley, Mansfield MP and Nottinghamshire Council leader. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Transport, housing and skills programmes to be made available

Coun Barry Lewis is hoping to become the first East Midlands Mayor. (Photo by: Brian Eyre/nationalworld.com)

Second candidate announces bid to be Conservative choice for East Midlands mayor

County Hall In West Bridgford is set to be vacated by Nottinghamshire Council. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

County Hall could house 350 homes and commercial space

Former East Midlands newsman John Hess wants to be Labour's candidate to be regional mayor

Ex-TV newsman hopes to be Labour’s choice as East Midlands first regional mayor

Colin Pettigrew, Nottinghamshire Council director of children’s and families services, and Amanda Sullivan, chief executive of NHS Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.

Action plan to drive improvements over council’s special needs failings

Michael Gove, left, with Coun Ben Bradley, centre, and Andy Abrahams, Mansfield mayor, during his visit to the town.

East Midlands leaders nearly ‘ready to go’ with £1.14bn devolution deal

Coun Ben Bradley, Mansfield MP and Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside the council headquarters in West Bridgford.

Council to assess if expenses system 'is right' after nearly £44k claimed
Nottinghamshire Council’s leader says his administration will check if the councillors’ expenses system for travel “is right” after nearly £44,000 was claimed last year.

County Hall, Nottinghamshire Council's headquarters on the banks of the River Trent in West Bridgford.

Labour call on Tory councillor to resign after special needs failings revealed

Nottinghamshire Council is based at County Hall, West Bridgford.

Nottinghamshire Council members’ expenses totalled nearly £44,000 last year

County Hall, home of Nottinghamshire Council.

Approval of Notts healthy families plan to be reconsidered

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station

Government signs off major East Midlands Freeport plans

Nottinghamshire Council wants to increase take up of free school dinners.

Push to increase free school meal take-up across Nottinghamshire

Belgium's Jordi Meeus of Team BORA celebrates winning the Nottinghamshire stage at last year's Tour of Britain. Photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com

Tour of Britain will return to Nottinghamshire again this year

Conservative councillors say it will cost millions to upgrade and maintain County Hall

County council 'likely to move out of at least some, if not all,' of County Hall

Leaders sign the devolution deal.

East Midlands elected mayor plan fails to win overall public support

East Midlands Parkway railway station.

Rumours of HS2 East being scrapped sparks concerns about impact on East Midlands

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside the council headquarters in West Bridgford.

Council commits to ensuring every community is connected to public transport

An image of what the STEP prototype plant may look like in West Burton.

Are claims West Burton nuclear fusion site could ‘power the world’ realistic?

Coun Steve Carr (left) and Coun Jason Zadrozny-Bland both criticised the Conservatives over the state of Nottinghamshire's roads

Opposition councillors blast ruling Tories over state of Nottinghamshire roads

Nottinghamshire has seen an increase in potholes in recent weeks.

Bad weather causes pothole reports to almost double

Independent Alliance leader Coun Jason Zadrozny-Bland said people would question whether they were getting value for money

Independent opposition at county council blast Tory leadership's 'tax bombshell'

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside the council headquarters in West Bridgford.

Nottinghamshire Council plans 4.84% council tax increase from April

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader and Mansfield MP.

Last chance to have your say on £1.14 billion devolution proposal

Ashfield Council members have backed plans for the return of whole-time cover at Ashfield Fire Station.

Fire cuts not ruled out despite uplift in funding for Nottinghamshire service
Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service has refused to rule out proposed cuts despite an uplift in funding.

Nottinghamshire Council is based at County Hall, West Bridgford.

Call to automatically enrol eligible families onto free school meals

County council leader Coun Ben Bradley MP believes the authority can balance the books next year without the need for cuts or job losses

Council leader says no drastic cuts or redundancies planned to balance books

Nottinghamshire County Council could be looking at selling off part or all of County Hall

'Huge opportunities’ for County Hall property if council decided to leave

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside the council headquarters in West Bridgford.

Four per cent pay increase approved for Nottinghamshire county councillors

Mansfield MP Ben Bradley admitted some of the online abuse had affected him at times

Tory MPs speak out about being victims of 'toxic' tweets and social media posts

Nottinghamshire County Council voted to go ahead with devolution consultation

Chance to have your say on the East Midlands new £1.14 billion devolution deal

Liz Truss resigned as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister on Thursday.

Who some of Nottinghamshire Conservative MPs are backing as next Prime Minister

Coun Ben Bradley, Conservative MP for Mansfield.

Notts Tory MPs call for stability after Liz Truss's resignation

Labour leader Coun Kate Foale has accused the ruling Conservatives at County Hall of putting 'party before county'

Nottinghamshire Labour group leader hits out at proposed Government funding cuts

Council leaders, including Coun Ben Bradley, right, sign the devolution deal.

Councils to hold meetings to approve major East Midlands devolution consultation

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside County Hall in West Bridgford.

Residents ‘will not’ face council tax rise to fund new East Midlands council and...

Brendan Clarke-Smith MP with Nottinghamshire County Councillor Keith Girling

Worksop MP ‘thrilled’ as Bassetlaw selected to host first nuclear fusion plant

An artist's impression of the plant.

Nottinghamshire to host world’s first nuclear fusion energy plant

Smoke billows from County Hall during the fire in July.

Nottinghamshire taxpayers will not foot estimated £2.4m bill resulting from Coun...

An artist's impression of the new Top Wighay offices

New £15.7m Nottinghamshire Council offices ‘on track and on budget’ – but ‘poten...

Adrian Smith, Nottinghamshire Council chief executive

Nottinghamshire Council will be ‘in safe hands’ with Adrian Smith as new chief e...

Coun Ben Bradley, Mansfield MP, Nottinghamshire Council member for Mansfield North, Nottinghamshire Council leader and now also chairman of the County All-Party Parliamentary Group.

Another new role for Nottinghamshire Council leader and MP Ben Bradley
Nottinghamshire politician Ben Bradley has added another role to his list of political positions.

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader and member for Mansfield North and Mansfield MP, outside County Hall, the council's headquarters in West Bridgford.

Council cabinet to meet for first time in a decade after governance overhaul

Conservative councillors have rejected a plan to write to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to ditch the National Insurance rise due to the cost of living crisis.

‘No silver bullet’ to solving cost of living crisis

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader and Mansfield MP, outside County Hall, the council's headquarters in West Bridgford.

Notts Council to adopt leader-cabinet model

Caroline Henry, Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner.

Crime tsar backs Notts devolution despite job risk

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader, outside County Hall, the council's headquarters in West Bridgford.

Notts councillors set to approve return of cabinet model

Patching teams test new permanent road replacement methods, and, inset, Coun Neil Clarke.

Millions of pounds to improve Nottinghamshire roads approved

Nottinghamshire County Council will continue to target reducing suicide rates across the county, despite falls in numbers in areas like Ashfield

Fresh concerns over ‘super-council’ in Nottinghamshire

Eight key job roles to design and deliver a political devolution deal for Nottinghamshire will be created.

Eight jobs to be created to "design and deliver" a devolution deal for Notts

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader and Mansfield MP.

Plan to make Nottinghamshire residents healthier and county more prosperous

Coun Ben Bradley believes an 'imminent' announcement on HS2 will bring good news for Nottinghamshire

Council leader says 'imminent' announcement on HS2 will be good news for Notts