South Walks House in Dorchester was packed full today for the first meeting of the brand-new Dorset Council.
82 newly elected councillors, senior officers and a full public gallery filled
the committee suite at South Walks House to debate the business of the new council and vote in its new Leader...
Brexit-supporting voters have a clear but crucial choice at this month's European Parliament elections, Conservative MEPs' leader Ashley Fox said today.
They can support the Conservatives, who are committed to an orderly Brexit which safeguards jobs, businesses and our security. Or they can select between the Brexit Party, which wants...
Following appalling BBC mis-reporting at a national level,
in which a party that lost 82 seats is treated the same as a party that lost 1335 seats,
we find the BBC claiming the Conservatives 'won' Dorset Unitary Council.
In fact, the Conservatives barely held on in Dorset - losing Poole/Bournemouth/Christchurch to no...
I have been following the online debate about how to maximise the "Remain Vote" in the coming European Elections with increasing dismay. I have decided to simplify the decision for the large numbers of constituents who have pledged their support to me personally by not accepting a place on...
You should have received your Council Tax bill for the year 2019/20 at the beginning of March. We’ve compiled answers to commonly asked questions that we know you’ve been asking, and hopefully have debunked some myths along the way.
What is Council Tax?
Council Tax is a type of local taxation...
I have written to the House of Commons Procedure Committee, the speaker’s office and Sir Oliver Letwin as follows:
I understand that yesterday’s (Wed 27th March) indicative votes were all yes/no votes though cast on paper rather than through the lobbies. All of them failed to attain a majority. I...
A Labour led Dorset Council will boost the local economy and protect the environment by transforming local democracy and bringing public services back under local democratic control, says Dorset Labour in their local government manifesto which was launched today (15 March).
The manifesto, released to coincide with the start of...
Independents in Dorset are calling on people to seize the moment to improve the system of local government in the county and make it better for every resident.
As the county moves from separate district councils to a combined unitary authority, ALL for Dorset is urging prospective candidates to stand...
It was a case of standing room only at Dorchester’s Colliton Club as more than 60 people flocked to the launch of the county’s new independent political movement ALL for Dorset.
They heard author and pioneering campaigner Peter MacFadyen talk about how independent councillors had taken control of Frome town...
The gap between what Brexit promised and what the Government can deliver is finally obvious to everyone. Westminster is in chaos. Hard line Brexiters have rejected Brexit, they promise to renegotiate without having secured any agreement from Brussels to bring to the table. They don't care, they want a...
