Politics

Get the latest news and updates for local politics across the Salisbury area. We talk exclusively to your local MP’s for news at home and in Westminster.

Amesbury Library will host a drop-in event on Monday

Have your say over Wiltshire housing plan for next 15 years: Event dates and times

PEOPLE can have their say over plans for housing in Wiltshire over the next 15 years at events starting…

Eleanor Wills has resigned as a Salisbury City Councillor

Salisbury City Council Harnham West by-election: Nominations and poll dates

COMMUNITY-minded people keen to make a difference in Salisbury are being encouraged to put themselves forward for election to…

Cllr Paul Sample, inset, came up with the motion on Salisbury City Hall. Pictures: Salisbury City Council

City council votes to open negotiations over Salisbury City Hall

“I THINK we are now one step closer to re-opening it.” Those were the words of Salisbury City Councillor Paul…

Salisbury MP, John Glen. Picture: gov.uk

Salisbury MP does not support leaving ECHR as crossings reach 100,000

SALISBURY MP John Glen has said he does not support the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights…

Salisbury City Councillor Eleanor Wills (Con, Harnham West), has hit out at plans for things like parklets, inset

Row over eco-friendly planting options in Salisbury – which could axe hanging baskets

PLANS to create more environmentally-friendly planting schemes in Salisbury have been approved – which could see the end of…

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was found to have mislead the House of Commons

How MPs voted – or not – on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson

MPs – including John Glen (Con, Salisbury) – largely abstained from a vote over a report that found Boris…

Victoria Charleston Lib Dems Parliamentary Spokesperson for Salisbury Constituency

POLITICS COLUMN: ‘Feeding family should not be a worry’

by Victoria Charleston, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary spokesperson for Salisbury FOR many families with young children, one of the hardest parts…

Cllr John Wells Chair of Environment and Climate Committee (Salisbury City Council)

‘Brexit failure casts a long shadow’

Only 9% of Britons now consider Brexit more of a success than a failure, with only 31% saying Britain…

Cllr John Wells Chair of Environment and Climate Committee (Salisbury City Council)

Voters are “frustrated and angry”

In the aftermath of a chastening performance by the Conservative Party in the recent local elections, cabinet minister Lucy…

Cllr John Wells Chair of Environment and Climate Committee (Salisbury City Council)

“We have had the poll – now what?”

On 15th March, I did my best to avoid the recently incurred expense of £18,000 to the taxpayers of…