Politics

East Lindsey District Council is encouraging residents to sign up for green waste collection online now and be in with the chance of winning a year’s free subscription and a Lincolnshire hamper.

Union bosses have warned that the NHS in Lincolnshire is “on its knees” as new figures show patients are waiting longer in A&E.

Lincolnshire County Council will spend £1.8 million in order to redesign the authority’s IT system, which the authority said has “a number of ongoing problems”.

Lincolnshire County Council leaders are set to approve around £1.8 million of investment to redesign the authority’s IT systems in a bid to stop it being beset by issues.

Lincolnshire County Council will write to the new Conservative government to call for a “commitment to sustainable funding” in the future for local councils.

Victoria Atkins has told the Louth Leader & Horncastle News that she is ‘honoured and delighted’ after retaining her seat in Louth & Horncastle with an increased majority - and she now prepares to return to Westminster next week as part of a majority Conservative government.

Voter numbers across the whole of Greater Lincolnshire have risen by 7,428 registrations, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

With General Election day looming next Thursday (December 12), the four candidates for the Louth & Horncastle constituency have set out their stalls to try and convince the public to give them their vote in six days time. In alphabetical order, let’s meet the candidates...

An almost 100-home development in Horncastle has been refused by councillors after it failed to impress them with its design.

Councillors have called for reassurance that pressure will be put on the next Government for a fairer funding formula for Lincolnshire Police.

Councillors will reach a final decision on a new chief executive for the county in the next week.

Heath visitors in Lincolnshire began a month long strike over pay and conditions on Monday, in a move which county council officials said was “disappointing”.

Victoria Atkins has been warned she will face a battle retaining her seat as Louth and Horncastle MP in next month’s General Election.

Last week, 1950s-born Lincolnshire Lionesses and their families attended Westminster to a mass rally of Women’s Pensions groups.

The Labour Party candidate for Louth & Horncastle in next month’s general election has been revealed.

A delegation of the county’s business leaders is flying out to China today in a bid to create better access to the country’s economy in the future.

Health visitors are set for another month strikes in their dispute over pay with Lincolnshire County Council.