Under scrutiny from County Councillor Iain Dobie and Cheltenham Borough Councillor, Max Wilkinson, Gloucestershire County Council has, for the first time, shared the damning feedback on their Active Travel bid from the Department of Transport. 

At Cabinet on 27 January, scrutiny from County Councillor Iain Dobie and Cheltenham Borough Councillors revealed that the Conservatives have no plans to invest in any of the additional cycling schemes identified in the Local Transport Plan or the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.

Having promised, in October 2020, to plant 35 million trees by 2030, Gloucestershire County Council today reached the unenviable milestone of falling one million trees behind its necessary schedule.

Responding to reports from the County Council Cabinet Member that it would be down to schools to decide whether or not to close, Cllr Colin Hay responded calling for more clarity and less vagueness. 

12 months on from pledging to plant one million trees by 2030, the County Council today confirmed that it had not planted a single tree, but has instead cut down 2,338 trees across Gloucestershire. 

After tireless work and campaigning from Lib Dem Councillors Richard Stanley and Helen Munro, Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Council, and local residents across the area, Gloucestershire County Council has finally agreed to build the much-needed new primary school near the new homes at the north of Bishop’s Cleeve.

Rather than standing with children going hungry in our county, Gloucestershire Conservatives chose to play party politics and congratulated the Government on their meagre support.

With ambitious planting targets announced, more resources are needed to clear away the remnants of dead trees littering Gloucestershire.

Ofsted has released it's latest monitoring letter on Gloucestershire County Council's failing Children's Services.  Cllr Colin Hay responds to the Conservatives' nine years of failing our most vulnerable in society.

Gloucestershire County Council’s Active Travel plans have taken a beating from the Government, with the council receiving less than 9 per cent of the total funding requested.