The Conservatives have lost their overall majority on South Gloucestershire Council as opposition parties made big gains at their expense at the local elections. Tories have been the ruling group for eight years but suffered several major losses to place the authority into No Overall Control. A coalition between Labour and the Lib Dems now seems the likeliest outcome.
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Ahead of the upcoming local elections in South Gloucestershire each party has promised voters how they would make the area better if they win power. Voters will head to the polls on Thursday 4th May 2023, to cast their ballot for who should run South Gloucestershire Council. The outcome of the election will affect how a wide range of public services in the district are run.
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Crackdowns are being launched to tackle littering and landlords who fail to bring rented homes up to energy standards, after South Gloucestershire Council approved its budget for 2023/24. As expected, council tax will rise by 4.99 percent from April 2023, taking the authority’s portion of bills for middle Band D households up by £87.47 to £1,752.11.
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South Gloucestershire Council’s ruling Conservatives have been accused of “pretending they can solve” a £29.3 million budget shortfall “caused” by their own party’s government. The authority’s Cabinet agreed a raft of proposed cuts on Monday 5th December 2022, despite many of them lacking details. However they include garden waste collection subscriptions increasing from £30 to £55 a year…
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Green waste collections will nearly double in price, street lights will be dimmed and staffed library hours reduced under South Glos Council plans to plug a £29.3 million shortfall. The authority has revealed dozens of proposed measures, including cuts to frontline services and redundancies, to balance its 2023/24 budget.
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South Gloucestershire Council is set to launch a fleet of nine new gritters this week as part of a £1 million investment to keep roads safe and traffic moving across the district this winter. With temperatures set to drop, the super-efficient gritters will be out on South Gloucestershire’s roads to treat the network from Friday 18th November.
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Black bin collections in South Gloucestershire could be cut to once every three or four weeks from 2025. The move could cut costs and carbon emissions while encouraging residents to recycle more and throw away less rubbish into general waste. The potential change is being considered as new figures reveal the district is now recycling 60 percent of its overall waste.
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The chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Sanjay Shambhu, has today expressed great sadness following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Unions flags are being flown at half-mast, and books of condolence will be opened at the council’s Badminton Road offices, Yate and the Civic Centre, Kingswood, at 9am on Saturday 10th September.
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A former leader of South Gloucestershire Council, Alderman John Calway, has sadly died following a battle with cancer. Alderman Calway played a huge role in local government and was a local councillor, representing Longwell Green, from 1980 until 2014. He served as leader of the council between 2007 and 2014
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South Gloucestershire Council’s library service is inviting all primary school aged children to visit their local library this summer and take part in the ‘Gadgeteers’ Summer Reading Challenge 2022. The free Challenge launched on Saturday 9th July and supports children to become more independent readers, improving confidence in reading over the summer break.
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