Category Archive for 'Stratford on Avon'

Planning law must change

A hard materials company which has failed to reinstate an existing quarry site at Marsh Farm, Broom, now wants to dig at Berry Coppice Dunnington. But planning law is so weak that they are likely to get their way. Locally, they must be opposed. Nationally, the law must change.

Up to 2600 Stratford on Avon pensioners entitled to Cold Weather Payments are missing out, according to Lib Dem analysis of government figures.

Tory MP to step down

Stratford on Avon’s Tory MP John Maples today announced he is stepping down. His delay in doing so, which he explains in a letter to the Conservative Home website, means that the Tory selection will now be under their by-election rules, with a centrally imposed shortlist.
John Maples has served the community of Stratford on Avon [...]