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The Sewage Saga
Last year water companies dumped raw #sewage into British rivers and coastal waters over 400,000 times. Opposition MPs and even some Tories voted in favour of an amendment which would stop this…
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Community Environmental Toolkit invented
Wiltshire Council and Natural England have created the Wiltshire Environmental Toolkit, (WET) which gives community groups, and town and parish councils, helpful advice to create and improve habitats…
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How much bureaucracy does it take to change a traffic light bulb?
Here's an example of how central government micro-manages local councils. To get money to fix traffic lights WC has to compete with other councils and draw up a bid and submit it to the government…
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Electric vehicle charging
Wiltshire Tories want you to know that if your town has a population of over 10,000, then they will put at least one electric vehicle charging point in your car-park. We don't want to be churlish,…
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Join the Big Wild Walk
Help Wiltshire Wildlife Trust tackle the nature & climate emergency by undertaking the Big Wild Walk in October. From 25th - 31st October, you can fundraise for the Trust and help it's mission…
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Sign the Petition - Don't stop running trains from Waterloo to Trowbridge
Continue to run through trains from Bristol to Waterloo via Trowbridge The Department for Transport has specified that the direct trains from Bristol, Keynsham, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge…
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Bus service improvements to be voted on
The Government's National Bus Strategy for England from February 2020 promised £5 billion of new funding to overhaul bus and cycle links outside of London. Now, Wiltshire Council has outlined its…
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Sexual assault claims made against male Wiltshire police officers
Harrowing that yesterday a paper showed that several allegations of sexual assault were made against serving male police officers in Wiltshire over five years.
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Verification checks for police officers
After the national controversy of a police officer identifying himself to a girl on the street and then raping and murdering her, Wiltshire Police are offering a simple verification process allowing…
