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Brexit - What Next? A personal view...

In June 2016 an EU Referendum was held asking the question did the electorate want to "Remain" in the EU or "Leave" the EU. 48.1% voted to remain and 51.9% voted to leave.

Conservative Council ‘waters down’ Climate Emergency plan

Local proposals to tackle the Climate Emergency put together by a cross-party group on Daventry District Council have been watered down with over 50 recommendations reduced to just 20.

A Threat to Democracy?

With the current COVID-19 crisis unfolding all around us and our eyes all focused on daily news briefings, you would be forgiven for having missed an emerging local story which will affect us all.

Fruit and vegetable imports during the COVID-19 crisis

Countries like Kenya, Ghana and South Africa are suffering catastrophic losses to the economy and livelihoods. This is due to the grounding of flights to Europe. Fruit and vegetables are being left to rot [i] .

Open Letter to Chris Heaton Harris MP

West Northamptonshire deserves better than this unelected, anti-democratic Kangaroo Council the Tories have created

Where is the democracy in our local government? Asks the Liberal Democrats following the first meeting of the shadow executive for the new West Northamptonshire Shadow Council as the Tories act politically to promote cronyism over competence.

One year on and everything but nothing has changed

12 months ago on the 18th July 2019, I won a stunning by-election for the Daventry District Council ward of Brixworth. We worked hard to replace one of our Tory councillors who had been 'missing in action' for the best part of six months, securing eventually over 50% of the vote and a 33% swing from the Conservatives. We still have another Tory councillor who most locals will tell you is continually missing in action.

Daventry Lib Dem Councillors raise plight of the Excluded 3 million

The Liberal Democrats have put forward a motion to Daventry District Council to get the full council on side to lobby both local MP Chris Heaton-Harris and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, to change approach and make funding support available for the up to 3 million people who have so far fallen through the COVID funding gap.

West Northamptonshire Council maiden budget a missed opportunity

The Conservative leadership of the Shadow West Northamptonshire Council are proposing real increases in Council Tax but delivering few service improvements.