Politics

COMPLAINTS against BCP councillors have almost doubled over a year ahead of new measures to reduce further rises.

CHRISTCHURCH MP Sir Chris Chope received a slap on the wrist from over his claim more than 10,000 people had reacted badly to Covid jabs.

NEW Forest East MP Julian Lewis has called for Boris Johnson to be replaced, accusing him of running a government of "habitual" wrongdoing.

CHRISTCHURCH MP Sir Chris Chope has revealed he voted for Boris Johnson in the confidence ballot and urged party critics to "put up or shut up".

NEW Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne maintained his support of Boris Johnson by backing him in last night's (Monday) confidence vote.

PLOUGHING ahead with plans to reopen the Waterside railway line to passengers could damage efforts to secure “vital” A326 funding, a Forest MP says.

THE Conservatives have lost control of BCP Council following the resignation of four of its members.

CONSERVATIVES have taken control of two BCP Council panels tasked with scrutinising their party's administration.

WHAT the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's £15bn cost-of-living support package means for you.

All households will get £400 as Rishi Sunak caved in to pressure and applied a windfall tax on energy companies' soaring profits.

NEW Forest MP Julian Lewis has hit out at the "indefensible behaviour at the heart of government" following the publication of the Sue Gray report.

BROCKENHURST'S county councillor Keith Mans has been replaced by Cllr Rob Humby as Conservative leader of Hampshire County Council.

RESIDENTS without a suitable form of ID will have to apply to New Forest District Council for a special voter card later this year.

BCP Conservative council leader Drew Mellor has comfortably survived a no-confidence vote brought by the Christchurch Independents group.

HE New Forest’s two MPs have been banned from entering Russia amid sanctions being imposed over the war in Ukraine.

AN investigation has been called for after claims that two Conservative councillors who were unwell were brought in to vote at a BCP Council meeting.

A SECRET ballot chose two "hard working" New Forest district councillors to be the authority’s next chair and vice-chair.

SIR Desmond Swayne is keeping his lips sealed on whether the PM retains his confidence after being fined for attending parties at No.10 in lockdown.

The highest earners at NFDC, BCP and Hampshire County Council have been revealed in the latest TaxPayers' Alliance annual Town Hall Rich List.

A POLITICAL row broke out after councillors were granted a combined £24,000 extra to hand out to communities during the Queen’s jubilee year.