Conservatives celebrate Witney Central by-election victory Friday, 15 November, 2024 Residents of the Witney Central ward went to the polls on Thursday 14th November to elect a new town councillor for Witney Town Council. The resignation of Labour councillor Lisa Cherry resulted in a by-election being held for the town ward with representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, Green and Liberal Democrats putting candidates forward for the seat. With a turnout of 21.80% Conservative... Local News
Trees return to Deer Park shopping square 29th March 2023 In one last hurrah before he retires as a Councillor, Harry Eaglestone’s hard work and determination has led to trees being planted back into Edington Square in... Local News
Private car ban leaves Oxfordshire high street 'in limbo' 19th March 2023 Witney High Street has been left ‘in limbo’ after being closed motorists, a councillor has claimed, saying fresh public consultation is needed on lifting the... Articles
Town Council takes the wheel with bus funding 17th March 2023 West Oxfordshire Community Transport have been running the Carterton Connector bus service, Routes 345 and 355, since 2 March 2021 with financial support from... Local News
'Get Windrush Place local centre built' says councillor and MP 12th March 2023 Developer contributions have been promised to deliver shops, a cafe and sports pavilion on a major housing estate in west Witney. The residents of Windrush... Local News
Judge council's consultations at ballot box 9th March 2023 Last week Freedom of Information requests, as reported in the Oxford Mail and The Sunday Times, have revealed that Oxfordshire County Council deliberately didn... Opinions
Councils executive team costing taxpayers' more 8th March 2023 A report compiled for the Executive team at West Oxfordshire District Council, ahead of their meeting on Wednesday 8th March, has revealed costs of the top team... Local News
Conservative councillor criticises 'spend spend spend' budget 15th February 2023 Councillors in West Oxfordshire have met today (Wednesday 15th February) to approve the annual budget of the council for 2023-24. The District Council which is... Local News
Conservative county budget amendment means focus is on services rather than pet projects 14th February 2023 Safeguarding taxpayers’ money, protecting the vulnerable and helping – not hammering – our families and businesses. On 6 May 2021, evenly split election results... Local News
Sports facilities need to meet growing needs 26th January 2023 Towards the end of 2022 Town Councillors in Carterton were delighted to have given permission to begin drafting up a lease extension for Carterton FC. The... Opinions
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