Local Governance review – the districts proposal 9 June 2025 / 9 June 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss The government is to abolish District/Borough & County councils and replace them with a single Unitary council and a combined mayoral authority that will sit above. We prefer a smaller north/city/south solution to keep ur councils closer to their residents. Have your say here! http://northcitysouth.co.uk Read more »
19 not in 10 May 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss May the 1st saw what is potentially the last local election for Leicestershire county Council. The County electoral divisions are roughly six times the size of a single seat District council election so to have any impact here was going to take a real team effort. Our target seat was Market Harborough west & Foxton, […] Read more »
Harborough, Oadby & Wigston Green party announces its candidates for 2025 County elections 2 April 2025 / 2 April 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss We are delighted to announce a full slate of candidate in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston’s 12 seats in the forthcoming elections on May 1st. This is the second time that we have and only being 2 short, due to reserved occupations, in the District elections in 2023 and the first time there has been a […] Read more »
Labour to punish people with disabilities 11 March 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss As many of you might have seen on the BBC, and other media outlets, Kier Starmer and his government are planning once again to cut the welfare bill. This has caused considerable concern and anguish amongst many disabled people who are worried it’ll leave them without food, heating or even making them homeless. The Labour […] Read more »
Welland ward surgery 26 February 2025 / 26 February 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss On Saturday 22nd Feb, we were delighted to hold a surgery for residents of Welland Ward to hear directly about any concerns as well as share ideas about how to support and develop the community further. Areas discussed included, flooding, community projects, the local plan, parking and traffic issues. Our next surgery will be Saturday, 28th June, […] Read more »
Leicestershire Waste partnership consultation response – first published 14th April 2022 6 February 2025 / 6 February 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss The Leicestershire Waste partnership has published a consultation to review how they collect our waste. There are many mentions of the ‘Circular economy’ but it is our view that this cannot be achieved without a move to kerbside sortation, as Harborough District previously had before the current system. They have proposed 11 pledges which we […] Read more »
Harborough’s rubbish – first posted 7th Dec 2021 6 February 2025 / 6 February 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss Harborough, Oadby & Wigston Green party have release their report into the effectiveness of the recycling system in Harborough District, the report does not cover the affectivness of the system rather just the self declared rates of the council. A number of Freedom of information requests were made to identify the key figures required to […] Read more »
Harborough DC Climate Emergency Consultation Questions – Reposted 6 February 2025 / 6 February 2025 by darrenwoodiwiss First published 21st July 2022 Please find the submission from the Harborough, Oadby & Wigston Green party. We recognise and commend the actions undertaken and the ambition in the statement however we feel that the council is attempting to limit its commitment to Scope 1 (Councils direct activities) emissions. For the Councils true emissions to […] Read more »
Welcome, a new platform a new website 29 July 2024 / 29 July 2024 by darrenwoodiwiss Welcome to our new website. unfortunately our last site was decommissioned during our webmasters summer holiday so we have lost all of our previous content, but this give us the chance for a fresh new feeling. We hope you enjoy the new look and feel and bear with while we update the pages and content. Read more »