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North Shropshire Election
What terrific news from North Shropshire. LTB welcomes the election last Thursday of Helen Morgan to this thoroughly safe Conservative seat. Could anything like that happen in Lichfield,…
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Time to Change the Electoral System
The out-of-date way MPs are elected to Westminster is failing voters
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Around 30,000 low income households in our area are paying over the odds for their broadband as Government fails to act
Low income households in East Staffs, Lichfield and Tamworth districts are paying too much for their broadband because the Government has not forced providers to offer cheaper tariffs, an analysis by…
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The Elections Bill
There is much concern about this bill currently passing through Parliament. A coalition of pro-democracy organisations has come together to write to the newly appointed minister. The text of the…
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Councillors say Lichfield cannot afford to see another project fail after new leisure centre funding concerns are raised
A recent meeting of Lichfield District Council heard a funding gap of £6.65million posed a "substantial risk" to the proposals for a new leisure centre at Stychbrook Park.
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Lichfield Grange Lane - Eastern Avenue junction: Safety improvements urgently needed
A public meeting is taking place to highlight safety concerns at a Lichfield junction following the death of a motorcyclist. In June 2021 a young man tragically died in a crash at the Grange…
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Plastic Free Burton
Councillor Helen Hall is one of four founder members of Plastic Free Burton, a branch of the East Staffordshire Fairtrade Group. This group is part of the national initiative, organised by the…
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Save our Library and Market Hall
Councillor Helen Hall writes about plans to close the existing Library in Burton on Trent
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Plea for investment to repair Lichfield's potholed roads
Cllr Paul Ray Potholes, some of them wide and deep, are numerous in Lichfield, forcing motorists and cyclists to swerve to avoid them and risking damage to vehicles if they are hit. …
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Is this what Levelling Up means?
The Guardian today reports that a Hong Kong-based property tycoon, Mr Cheung Chung-kiu, is being allowed to develop a property in Knightsbridge which he bought for £205m earlier this year. As the…