Northamptonshire County Council is set to invest millions of pounds in ‘transformation projects’ using funds that it has previously been reprimanded for ‘misappropriating’.
Northamptonshire County Council has become the second authority in the county to declare a ‘climate emergency’ this month, and target becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
The chairman of a new committee tasked with helping Northampton to become carbon neutral by 2030 admits the task is a ‘daunting’ one, but that it must be attempted.
Brixworth residents could soon have to vote in a by-election, after a Daventry District councillor stepped down due to failing to attend a meeting in the last six months.
Northamptonshire County Council could be set to follow the lead of its borough counterparts in Northampton by declaring a ‘climate emergency’ and targeting becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
A leading Labour councillor has said that the regeneration of Northampton town centre has been ‘outsourced’ away from the council to private companies.
A relentless campaigning pensioner has handed in a petition with more than 1,000 signatures calling on Northampton Borough Council to set up a safe area for rough sleepers.
A large area of the town centre near Derngate will remain as a ‘conservation area’, but new buildings such as One Angel Square and the Premier Inn won’t be included.
A council pension fund is being sued for £6.5million by the company which was dumped last year as the environmental services contract holder for two Northamptonshire councils.
Detailed proposals for a long overdue multi-storey car park at Northampton station have been submitted to the borough council, its regeneration chief has said.
