"Sir Peter has rejected suggestions Leicester should join the East Midlands Devolution Deal"
Dear members – welcome to Vote Watch 2023. This special edition newsletter will run this week only, as polling day draws near, bringing you the most important analysis and updates about the 2023 local elections. Stay informed on the candidates, their platforms, and the issues that matter most to your community every day until Friday.
Today we look at how Labour and the Conservatives want to run the council.
– Rhys Everquill
The Labour party has purged 19 councillors in Leicester ahead of this year’s May local elections in a bid to root out corruption.
The dust has settled on the last election. Now, there's three more little known appointments happening this Thursday.
"There is a saying in politics: campaign in poetry, govern in prose."
"The arts are essential to any complete national life."
Don’t forget the exciting opportunity to vote for the topic of our summer campaign!
The rest of the Weekly Briefing is shorter this week, due to the team taking a much-needed break, however we are still focussing on our efforts towards a summer campaign.
ICYMI: Just over a quarter of calls to the police non-emergency number went unanswered last year, figures obtained by The Gazette show.
Exclusive: Just over a quarter of calls to the police non-emergency number went unanswered last year, figures obtained by The Gazette show.
