Councillors from the group Independents for B&NES are calling on Bath & North East Somerset Council to do more to support and financially aid the Local Authority’s 11 community libraries. The 11 community spaces, all located around the district, provide vital lifelines to many people who live in rural and isolated communities. They do so without any…
Councillors from the Independents for B&NES movement have raised concerns about B&NES Council’s plans for the electrification of its fleet of refuse trucks. The council’s leadership is currently considering proposals to spend £2.6million on replacing several of their RCV’s (Refuse Collection Vehicles) at a time when staff working out ‘on the front line’ are receiving a pay…
The Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Gavin Heathcote and Karen Walker (Independents), will be holding their next Advice Surgery on Saturday 4th October, at Peasedown St John Community Library, located in The Hive Community Centre. It will be an opportunity for residents to discuss issues and any concerns they have about the community….
A community activist who has spent years campaigning to clean up his local area is to stand as an Independent candidate in the upcoming Widcombe & Lyncombe by-election. Voters will go to polls on Thursday 9th October in what will be the third by-election in Bath & North East Somerset this year. Casey Nolan has…
Progress on building a new endoscopy unit in Swindon has taken an enormous leap forward in the last few weeks, after giant cranes hoisted the state-of-the-art structure into place. The new unit, which will sit alongside the town’s community diagnostic centre in West Swindon, is due to open later in the year and, once fully…
An Independent councillor from Peasedown St John has written to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon & Somerset asking for urgent action to step-up police patrols in his village. Cllr Gavin Heathcote is an Independent member of Bath & North East Somerset Council who has called on Labour’s Police Commissioner Claire Moody to ‘get…
Will Godfrey, Chief Executive of Bath & North East Somerset Council, has announced his intention to step down from the role after six years of dedicated service. He will continue in his position full-time until the end of September before transitioning to a part-time role, three days a week, until the end of January 2026. …
Councillors from the new Independents for B&NES movement have strongly criticised council plans this week that will have a detrimental impact on businesses in the centre of Bath. In a move that that has been ferociously criticised by city centre businesses and waste collection contractors, from this September any business in the centre of Bath will only…
Independent Councillors from across Bath & North East Somerset are calling on the council to do more to support small and rural businesses. The new political movement, Independents for B&NES, wants the Local Authority to recognise the important role that many businesses perform, not just economically, but socially and cultural around the district too. Cllr Karen Walker…
Local people living in and around the village of Temple Cloud, near Chew Valley, are being encouraged to stand as an Independent candidate in the upcoming B&NES Council by-election on Thursday 3rd July. A by-election has been called for the Mendip ward after the resignation of Liberal Democrat David Wood, and the seat is expected to…
