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Gloucestershire County Council's Government funding to be slashed...
A funding cut of £13 million has been handed to Gloucestershire County Council by the Government – almost exactly what the authority was expecting.The county council received about £150 million from...
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LBC's Iain Dale predicts Labour will take Gloucester, Stroud at...
The Conservatives will lose Gloucester and Stroud to Labour at the 2015 General Election, according to broadcasting heavyweight Iain Dale.The LBC radio presenter is looking to predict the outcome of...
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Labour calls for leader of Gloucestershire County Council Mark...
Labour politicians are calling for the leader of Gloucestershire County Council to resign after theGovernment announced a controversial £500 million incinerator can be built on land just off junction...
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The 2015 General Election is four months today - so what do the...
The 2015 General Election is four months today exactly. So what's going to happen in Gloucestershire on May 7? Pollsters have done field work in three of the county's seats: Cheltenham, Gloucester and...
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Labour to steal Gloucester, Stroud from Conservatives, win most...
Gloucester and Stroud will change hands at the 2015 General Election, according to the political commentator and radio presenter Iain Dale.Mr Dale has predicted the outcomes of all 650 constituencies...
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Former Liberal Democrat peer donates thousands to campaigns of...
A former Liberal Democrat peer who resigned from the party following a failed bid to oust Nick Clegg has donated £600,000 to Labour candidates and Lib Dem MPs in marginal seats. And two are in...
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2015 General Election: Latest betting odds for seats in...
Cheltenham will be a close, two-horse race, Gloucester will be even tighter and Stroud is Labour's to lose at the 2015 General Election. At least according to the bookies. The latest odds, courtesy of...
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The arts diary: The Absence of War, Everyman, Cheltenham
Rating: ** Playwright David Hare is angry that the Labour Party doesn't speak from what he regards as its socialist heart. He's angry that senior party members got angry with him. And if he reads this,...
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Green candidate wins Gloucester's youth hustings debate ahead of...
If a straw poll of young voters taken today at a General Election debate is anything to go by, then Gloucester will have a Green MP in May.A show of hands at the end of the Citizen's youth hustings at...
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Labour four points ahead of Tories in polls after Ed Miliband's...
Does the Labour Party now have the all-important momentum in the run in to the 2015 General Election after Ed Miliband's clash with Jeremy Paxman on Thursday night?A YouGov poll published in the Sunday...
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David Cameron says it is 'time for change' during speech in...
David Cameron told Gloucestershire it is "time for change" during a rousing speech in Cheltenham today.The Prime Minister continues to follow the campaign trail and visited the spa town – a seat the...
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Anti-austerity campaigners take over Shire Hall steps to speak...
An anti-austerity demonstration took over the steps of Shire Hall on Saturday as politicians and pressure groups united to condemn government cuts.More than 50 people are estimated to have taken part...
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Proposals for a referendum on the UK's membership of European...
MPs have backed plans for a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.The vote follows the first debate on the EU Referendum Bill and means the legislation move to the next of the process...
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Nuisance families in Gloucester have been warned - there are...
Nuisance families have been warned to expect consequences to their bad behaviour after a man and his two daughters were jailed for making neighbours' lives a misery.Michael Birch, 68, and his daughters...
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London Mayor Boris Johnson caught on camera swearing at cabbie
London Mayor and MP Boris Johnson has been caught on camera telling a black-cab driver to 'f*** off and die'.The altercation happened just after midnight on Friday, June 5. Mr Johnson was cycling home...
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Key Shire Hall Labour chief: Liz Kendall 'only truly credible...
Liz Kendall is the "only truly credible" candidate in the race to be the next leader of the Labour party, according to a prominent Shire Hall councillor.Barry Kirby, Labour's spokesman for fire,...
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More homeless young people than government figures suggest
New study by housing experts at Cambridge University say government figures do not give true picture of number of homeless young people.The Independent reports that around 83,000 homeless young people...
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Breaking: Government withdraws controversial fox hunting vote...
The Government has withdrawn its planned vote on relaxing the fox hunting ban in a shock move.MPs were due to debate whether or not to make changes to the Hunting Act tomorrow. But the Government has...
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Paris Attacks: MPs say we must stand up for values of democracy
Political figures fin Gloucestershire spoke in defence of the values of democracy and the rule of law in reaction to the attacks in Paris which killed 120 people last night.They expressed horror at the...
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Theresa May opens new firearms training centre opened in...
The Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, officially opened the new Black Rock Specialist Training Centre in Portishead yesterday. The facility provides firearms and specialist public order training for over...
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