Good to spend time with the family and Cllr Mike Shirley at Sharnford's Bacon Butty event today. All funds raised will go towards the village flood defences fund. Something that's very much needed. Thanks to all the organisers for putting these community events together.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 - 𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐌𝐎, 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐞 | 𝟐𝟒/𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟗/𝐅𝐔𝐋 I have decided to call-in the application as I believe the site is a cramped form of development, has limited parking and the attic room is of poor design. Blaby District

🖋️ Blaby District Councillors are backing an anti-abuse campaign aimed at encouraging healthy discussion and stamping out harassment aimed at local government politicians. Members signed the Debate not Hate pledge to show their support. More in comments:

Last night at Blaby District Council Full Council meeting, we debated #DebateNotHate and I, along with other Councillors signed the pledge to uphold the Local Government Association's (LGA) Debate not Hate campaign message. Press release here: blaby.gov.uk/your-council/n… Clip from the debate

🔔𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟓🔔 Read here 👉 1drv.ms/b/c/2ce7dfa4c2…

Really pleased to graduate from the Local Government Association (LGA) Leadership Academy at the end of last year. Bit delayed in posting! The course was over three months, and it was great to be part of a cross-party group of Councillors. I hope to put these skills and insights to good use,

You can now track our fleet of gritters - including King Grithard III, Grittersaurus, Sprinkles and many more - using our dedicated tracking map which can be found here➡️ our gritting team are out tonight from 6pm orlo.uk/bdLN0

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 *𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠* Cllr Mike Shirley and I will be running a street surgery in Sharnford this Saturday, 15th Feb, outside the Evergreen Hall, opposite the Bricklayers. This is for all residents of

Morning residents of Fosse Highcross . We're here and just about setup, ready for our a Councillor Surgery. This is outside the Evergreen Hall in Sharnford. We will be here till midday. Looking forward to helping with local issues. All the best, Ben & Mike.

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 Fosse Highcross Even with the wet and cold weather (we did move indoors slightly near the end), we really appreciate everyone who managed to come out and chat 👏 A few of the local issues raised today: - Flooding - Housing

At Blaby District Council last night, I took the opportunity to update members on our work in responding to the HNRFI proposals. As a Council we are still vehemently opposed to the Rail Hub proposals near Elmesthorpe and during our latest submission we highlighted the following points: -

Earlier today I had the pleasure with Cllr Mike Shirley to visit the RCC Leicestershire & Rutland 'Free Coffee Morning' event in Sharnford. These are running for six weeks, dates in the pic below for those interested in future sessions. RCC are a local charity that look to

🔔𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟓🔔 Read here 👉1drv.ms/b/c/2ce7dfa4c2…

Great to catch-up with the Fosse Villages Neighbourhood Police Team in Sapcote Library earlier. The Blaby Police beat surgery is a great way to raise policing issues with local officers. PSCO Ryan Keane was here today along with PCSO Jack Darby who was visiting from the Kirby

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞

At our Annual Council meeting last night, I was elected as the Conservatives Leader of Blaby District Council (Blaby District Council ).

Learn about the past, present, and future of Fosse Meadows at the Meet the Team event this Friday and Saturday from 10am. Get to know the team behind Green Circle Nature Regeneration and hear how they plan to care for Fosse Meadows. See link in the comments to learn more

At De Montfort Hall today for the We'll Meet Again Bardi Concert - Celebrating VE Day 80