Category: Politics

Gloucester City Council has approved its playing pitch strategy which plans how it will provide accessible, sustainable and high quality outdoor sports facilities for all residents now and in the future. It is hoped that more people will be encouraged to participate in sport and physical activity for their general health and wellbeing if there […]

Gloucester City Council has installed a new interpretation board at Eastgate Chamber which tells the story of the history of it. The city council has installed a number of new interpretation boards around the city centre which tell the story of the historic development of the city for both visitors and residents to enjoy. Following […]

Marketing Gloucester is happy to announce the events celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday in Gloucester. There will be a mix of celebrations to honour the 90th birthday of our Queen, with events such as beacon lighting, city dressing and street celebrations. Marketing Gloucester also want individuals and businesses to get involved and suggest their […]

The Furniture Recycling Project (FRP), currently based in Grosvenor House next to the bus station, will be moving into the recently vacated ‘Classic Furniture’ store. With work due to start on the new bus station early in 2016, the council has helped the long running local charity to find new premises. The first phase of […]

Gloucester Guildhall has announced it will show Quentin Tarantino’s controversial film The Hateful Eight – and they are the only cinema in the city that will be screening the gory western. Earlier this month Cineworld, Picturehouse and Curzon announced they would not be showing the flick after failing to come to an agreement over the […]

A public exhibition will be held this month (June) to show plans for the redevelopment of Gloucester’s bus station. The three-day exhibition will be open to the public on Thursday 25th June from 2pm until 7pm,  Friday 26th 10am until 6pm and on Saturday 27th it will be open from 9am until 12.30pm, at a […]

Firstly I would like to say a huge thank you to the people of Gloucester for having given me the opportunity to keep working for our city and for the new Conservative Government to take our country forward. The Queen’s Speech laid out key parts of our manifesto, including the EU Referendum Bill to all […]

A new working partnership deal for Gloucester City Council and Gloucestershire County Council has been signed. This Friday (15th) saw the leaders of both councils come together to sign a Memorandum of Understanding which will focus on joint working between the two bodies. Meeting in Shire Hall on Friday afternoon, Cllr Mark Hawthorne and Cllr […]

The Conservatives have overall control of Gloucester City Council with Paul James as council leader and Rchard Graham as the MP. Many Thanks to all the support in the campaign and if you want to help us keep winning why not join us by liking this page and going to https://www.conservatives.com/join

I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the Abbey residents who voted for me in this year’s City Council elections. I am delighted to have been elected to represent the Abbey ward, an area I have grown up in and care passionately about. I am also extremely excited and feel […]