Second bite at the Levelling Up Fund cherry: the £12m Gloucester Eastgate/Greyfriars bid Monday, 8 August, 2022 I’m told some local politicians occasionally refer to the Gloucester City Council as the ‘Vanishing Council’. It is quite true our Council has fewer employees than it did when I arrived at the end of 2006, and that in turn was fewer than in say the 1980s. But it’s also true that our successful joint £20 million Levelling Up Fund (LUF1) bid last year is a big and ambitious project well beyond what... Local News
All about the 2022 Gloucester History Festival: 3rd-18th September 3rd August 2022 This is the 12th year since I had the mad idea of creating a Gloucester History Festival, and it’s going to be – as every year should be – slightly different... Local News
What's happening at Widden Primary and why does it matter for cohesion in Gloucester? 29th July 2022 I almost literally grew up in a school in East Africa my mother ran. She was later, like my elder sister, a primary school Deputy Head for many years. My other... Local News
City of refuge, then and now 8th July 2022 City of refuge, then and now Twice in a fortnight I’ve been taken back over 80 years to the sadness and the resilience of the Second World War, with new links... Local News
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁? 17th June 2022 We have some inspiring services for Health and Wellbeing in our great county - but the truth is not everyone knows what help is available and how to find it. So... Local News
Statement on the Prime Minister 6th June 2022 This is a statement which I've drawn up to answer everyone who's emailed me over the last two or three weeks and those who've been messaging me with various... Westminster News
Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Gloucester 1st June 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Gloucester This week we celebrate, above all, how unbelievably fortunate we are to have had our Queen rule for 70 years. As... Local News
CityFibre works in Gloucester 12th May 2022 Residents know City Fibre is installing the lines across our city so that every resident and business has access to SuperFastBroadband. We’ll be one of the... Local News
Statement on Police Investigation into parties at No10 during Lockdown 22nd April 2022 Over the last two weeks we've all seen a huge amount of media and social media comment on, and I've had many e mails about, the police investigation into claims... Westminster News
What’s happening in our City Centre? 12th April 2022 I was walking round the City Centre when a resident said to me: “everything’s closing in The Gates isn’t it..” So that set me thinking about what has changed... Local News
