Today Leicestershire County Council’s Leader Nick Rushton, met Leicestershire MPs, to brief Local Government Minister, Marcus Jones MP, on the tough budget situation facing the Council.
Hinckley & Bosworth’s Mayor Cllr Janice Richards was joined by David Tredinnick MP and Hinckley De Montfort Ward Borough Councillor Jan Kirby for the switch-on of Hinckley’s Christmas lights and a visit to the town’s famous Tin Hat Fair.
David Tredinnick and 110 other MPs have written an open letter to David Cameron calling on the Government to deliver school funding reform. The MPs, working on a cross-party basis, asked the Prime Minister to implement the funding formula proposed by the F40 campaign group, which would ensure fair funding based on pupil need.