Joe Locker

1 week ago | msn.com | Joe Locker |Kirstie McCrum

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3 weeks ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Joe Locker

Nottingham City Council’s deputy leader has promised the authority will be more transparent in the way it sets its budget every year. Coun Ethan Radford (Lab), who represents Bulwell on the authority, also admitted the council had made ‘short-sighted decisions’ and used confusing language in the past. The Labour-led council declared itself effectively bankrupt in November 2023, after it was unable to set a balanced budget.

4 weeks ago | nottstv.com | Joe Locker

News, Politics By Joe Locker • May 29, 2025 Share this By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporter Castle Cavendish, which oversees a £2.8m property portfolio comprising business centres, retail units, and office space, says it has been talking with Nottingham City Council about taking on management of the Basford, Bilborough and Aspley libraries. The Labour-run council, which declared itself effectively bankrupt in November 2023, will be cutting £1.5m from its library service over two years in a...

1 month ago | nottinghampost.com | Joe Locker

Nottingham City Council could partner with an organisation like E.ON to "eliminate" most fossil fuel use and help the authority become carbon neutral by 2028. In 2019, the Labour-run authority declared a climate and ecological emergency and set a target to become the first carbon-neutral city in the UK by 2028. To become carbon neutral, the exact amount of harmful carbon dioxide (C02) released into the atmosphere must be balanced through absorption or removal.

1 month ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Joe Locker

Nottingham City Council’s deputy leader has promised the authority will be more transparent in the way it sets its budget every year – after admitting to “short-sighted decisions” and confusing language in the past. The Labour-led council declared itself effectively bankrupt in November 2023, after it was unable to set a balanced budget. Government commissioners were later appointed in February 2024 to oversee a critical improvement journey towards better financial sustainability.