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Will the left-wing coalition running Worcestershire County Council be able to weather this, or will Labour bring a motion forward to test its cohesion?
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🚨NEW: The Labour leader of Worcester City Council has called on Green councillors to publicly denounce a motion that declared Zionism a form of racism. The two parties ran the council on a joint-leadership ticket between 2023-24👇bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq9v…

Labour leader wants Worcester Greens to denounce Zionism motion

Worcester Green Party is being challenged to "reject" the "Zionism is racism" policy by Labour councillors.

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🚨IRONY: She managed her budget. Worcestershire County Council mismanaged its own process, sat on a reassessment for two years, then tried to claw the money back after she had already paid her carers. 🧵
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Sources: LGO lgo.org.uk/decisions/adult-c… Clawback worcesternews.co.uk/news/266… A&D worcesternews.co.uk/news/266… @CllrAHardman
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Deputy leader Adam Kent, steering the closure, said the council has "no legal duty" to provide it, and: "I wish I could say it will be the last but it won't." Saving: about £170k a year.
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A woman who handled her direct payments properly still needed the Ombudsman to stop a clawback. Meanwhile the council cuts the safety net for 144 others. That is the juxtaposition.
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🚨NEW: What happens when planning officers say yes and every councillor in the room says no? Redditch's planning committee voted 7-0 on Thursday night to refuse a 400MW battery storage site on Green Belt land between Feckenham and Astwood Bank. 🧵
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Source: Redditch Standard, 23 Oct redditchstandard.co.uk/news/… Officer report: moderngovwebpublic.redditchb… @ChrisBloore

Victory for Feckenham campaigners as councillors unanimously reject massive battery farm

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a huge battery storage facility near Feckenham celebrated on Thursday evening after Redditch councillors unanimously voted to.

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Councillors raised the Green Belt, fire safety, the water supply for fighting a battery fire, lorry routes and decommissioning. They also questioned why the developer wanted nine years to start work, rather than the usual three.
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Around 50 to 60 residents packed the meeting, which ran for more than three hours. BOOM Power can now appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.
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🚨NEW: Conservative HOLD in the Hartlebury by-election on Wychavon District Council. Tony Miller (Con) 315 Jake Richardson (Reform) 238 Susan Evans (Lab) 78 Majority 77. Turnout 25.3% of 2,503 voters. Reform second, Labour a distant third.
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Source: Wychavon District Council declaration of result, 22 Oct 2026. Background via Andrew Teale. @HuddlestonNigel @CllrAHardman
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🚨NEW: Malvern's autism school is now not expected until 2029, and the only MP to ask the government about it this Parliament was a Lib Dem from Twickenham. None of Worcestershire's six MPs has tabled a written question on it, Parliament's records show. 🧵
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Families face years more waiting for a local place. The council press office has not responded to our Tuesday enquiry. A senior Cabinet member has since said he won't go on the record with us, citing a perception of bias. We've asked the council how it handles our enquiries.
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Source, DfE written answer (UIN 32081) to Munira Wilson MP, 16 Oct 2026: questions-statements.parliam… @CllrAHardman @BradleyThomasUK @Mark4WyreForest @HarriettBaldwin @HuddlestonNigel @ChrisBloore @WorcsLibdems

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