Following the County Council elections held on Thursday 2 May 2013 the Conservatives hold 30 divisions across the county and therefore continue to run the administration at County Hall.

At the Constituency Association AGM the Loughborough branch of the Conservative Women’s Organisation won the Challenge Cup for Merit.   Congratulations and thanks to our members for all their efforts.

With just under 3 weeks to go before polling day on 2 May 2013, Conservative County Council candidates met for the launch of their detailed Manifesto 2013 entitled: "Going for Growth: The Right Future for Leicestershire"...

Commenting on today’s news that Baroness Thatcher has died Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan said, “Baroness Thatcher was a truly inspirational politician....

A special partnership  scheme, called "Local Lend a Hand" has been arranged between the County Council and Lloyds Bank to help first time buyers get that all important first property.

It’s often galling to find that after a consultation taking place, the outcome sometimes contradicts what you’d hoped for. The magnificent public response to protecting the Outwoods played an important role in having the area protected from large scale
development within the LDF, and yet wasn’t enough to convince the Planning Inspector to agree with them and the
Borough Councillors in rejecting the housing development at Bramcote Road.But dispiriting as that certainly has been, don’t give up participating...

Nicky Morgan marked National Apprenticeship Week by visiting Mulberry Square on Friday 15 March.  Mulberry Square is a marketing company in Mountsorrel who have 5 apprentices working across their business in areas such as management, analysis, web design and customer services. 

The Borough Council has made great strides in the last three years to deliver even better customer service, under the guidance of Cllr Jenny Bokor (Cabinet Member for Customer Service, Revenue and Benefits).

Loughborough's MP Nicky Morgan visited the student union at Loughborough University on Wednesday 20 February to see how the student union exec team were marking University Mental Health Day.

Rogue traders in our region have again been in the news and some successful work by the Scambusters team to tackle them has been highlighted.