Leicestershire County Council asks to postpone election
The request comes as the county council draws up plans to merge local authorities in Leicestershire.
One protester said, “It’s a clear sign that Reform UK is not welcome in our town.”
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The county could lose its district and borough councils under new government plans to overhaul England’s democratic set-up.
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The request comes as the county council draws up plans to merge local authorities in Leicestershire.
One of Leicester’s deputy city mayors has resigned from Sir Peter Soulsby’s top team to join Leicester West MP Liz Kendall's office.
The action follows similar protests against the university's response to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
NHS waiting lists are so bad that people are left in the lurch for over a year-and-a-half at best.
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A reader and activist points out that the waiting list for making council homes accessible is a “shocking nine years.”
Nearly three quarters of all dentists across Leicestershire are not taking on any new NHS patients, new data has revealed.
Leicestershire’s deputy police and crime commissioner is leaving the post.
NHS waiting lists are so bad that people are left in the lurch for over a year-and-a-half at best.
Voters are being warned that misinformation online could affect their vote.
The email addresses of Leicester's MPs have been leaked to dark web marketplaces where people illegally buy and sell data.
As Tory and Labour candidates vie for the mantle of ‘law and order’, has crime gotten better or worse in the last few years?
1st Legion Gym is training potentially violent young people to fight in an effort to reduce knife crime in the city.
How a walking group that started with just one person, and now has hundreds of members, is radically reducing loneliness and mental health issues for the elderly in Leicester's British Asian community.
This is how I came to be standing under Leicester’s clock tower at 10:30pm, sober, in near freezing temperatures, dressed in hi-vis — all in the name of journalism.
Ahead of this year's Leicester Pride, Jem Collins looks at Leicester's newest alcohol-free space for LGBTQ+ people.
‘Mrs Bibi’ or ‘Mrs Begum' syndrome is deeply rooted in racist and sexist stereotypes and is where medical professionals believe south Asian women are exaggerating their health concerns.
There are five million unpaid carers in the UK. But what support is out there for them?
Sexual assault is among the most common crimes in Leicester
The origins of the far-right movement in Leicester, tracing its evolution from the British Fascisti in 1923 to the National Front in the 1960s.
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