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.

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…

Cllr Richard Clewer, leader of Wiltshire Council, will be in Salisbury on May 17

Put your questions to council leader at Salisbury event

THE people if Salisbury will be able to put questions directly to the leader of Wiltshire Council at an…

Victoria Charleston Lib Dems Parliamentary Spokesperson for Salisbury Constituency

‘Police struggling, outlook not good’

LAST weekend, I spent a day at Great Ormond Street Hospital talking about stalking with their Young People’s Forum. For…

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

Bring back the ‘bobby on the beat’

Strolling through the Market Square last week (6 April), it was a pleasant surprise to see a police officer…

Victoria Charleston Lib Dems Parliamentary Spokesperson for Salisbury Constituency

“GP numbers – another pledge gone”

IT has been another week of navigating the NHS for me. My son has now added conjunctivitis to his bingo…