Politics

A CROSS-party campaign has been launched to overhaul the voting system for election candidates in New Forest.

The New Forest Liberal Democrat Group have chosen Cllr Malcolm Wade as their new leader.

BCP Council became one of the first local authorities in the country to return to in-person meetings.

CAT owners may be forced to microchip their pets or face a fine, under proposals set out by the government in the Queen's Speech.

THE Christchurch Independents have won the vacant BCP Council seat in the Commons ward.

THE Conservatives retained control of Hampshire County Council at the local elections.

MORE than a year after the death of Cllr Colin Bungey left a vacancy in the Commons ward, electors will be asked to vote in a replacement tomorrow.

POLLING stations will be made safe from Covid-19, Hampshire County Council has pledged, ahead of next week's elections.

FORMER NFDC leader, Cllr Barry Rickman, has been ejected from the ruling Tory group and is now sitting as an independent member.

COUNCILS will have to resume face-to-face meetings this month after a legal challenge aimed at extending pandemic rules failed.

THE Liberal Democrats have called on Labour to withdraw a leaflet it has issued in Ringwood claiming only its candidates are 'local'.

A POLITICAL party in Hampshire has not put forward any candidates for the police and crime commissioner elections due to an “exorbitant” fee.

THOUSANDS more emergency food parcels have been handed out to people in the New Forest over the past year, figures have revealed.

A New Forest MP has spoken out amid local concern over plans for a £600m desalination plant at Fawley.

The new chairman of New Forest District Council has been accused of being a "self professed climate change denier" by opposition members.

MAKE sure you are registered to vote – that is the call from local councils ahead of elections on 6th May.

THE candidates that will fight out the 10 New Forest seats on Hampshire County Council have been revealed.

THE new leader of New Forest District Council has been named as Cllr Edward Heron - promoted from the deputy role.

DESPITE calls by councillors to “move with the times”, BCP Council voted against a motion to stop using “male universals” like chairman.

MAKE sure you are registered to vote – that is the call from local councils ahead of elections on 6th May...