Politics

Lincolnshire’s hospital chief has admitted that the trust “cannot carry on” like it is and needs to improve drastically over the next five years.

Lincolnshire County Council has today (Friday) has approved budget proposals for 2020/21, including additional money for highways maintenance and flooding, with £14m of efficiency savings helping balance the budget.

East Lindsey District Council’s new £8 million-plus headquarters in Horncastle will be a single state-of-the-art structure incorporating a college of Further Education.

Lincolnshire County Council is “not counting its chickens” despite milder conditions causing it to use less salt to grit the county’s roads than last winter.

Lincolnshire County Council has been warned it could put vulnerable people at financial risk after failing to give people the option to pay “top-up fees” for their family’s care direct to the authority.

Seven Lincolnshire MPs have joined forces to ensure the county gets the best deal on a number of issues vital to its future success.

A former Liberal Party candidate who fought several general elections in Louth - losing out to the likes of Jeffrey Archer and Sir Peter Tapsell - has spoken of his sadness about the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, which he describes as ‘the greatest self-inflicted wound in our recent history’.

A sculpture which would depict a dragon “breaking through” Lincoln Castle has been proposed as part of an exhibition this year.

The majority of households across Lincolnshire face a £60-plus hike in Council Tax bills for the next 12 months.

Young Carers Awareness Day (Thursday, January 30) is highlighting that as many as one in five secondary school children in Lincolnshire may be a young carer.

Lincolnshire County Council is to fly a number of flags from its buildings in order to mark ‘Brexit Day’.

Authorities across the East Midlands - including Lincolnshire County Council - have been challenged to start getting to grips with the region’s broken roads.

Police chiefs are welcoming a near £9 million funding announcement by the Home Office today (Wednesday) – but have warned the numbers still have to be crunched to find out what it really means.

The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Marc Jones is urging all councils in Lincolnshire to follow the lead of South Kesteven in moving to outlaw the use of Chinese lanterns on its parks and other public land.

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.