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• Programme of financial help for businesses approved

  1 December 2021

  2 minute read

  ADDITIONAL funding has been approved for the latest series of measures to help the city’s economic recovery post Covid-19.

• Council purchase of Haymarket Centre will generate funding for services

  25 November 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is the new owner of Leicester’s Haymarket Centre. The council has purchased the landmark shopping centre for £9.9m after securing a deal before the property went to market.

• New support fund opens to help those on a low income

  19 November 2021

  3 minute read

  A NEW support fund has opened to assist Leicester residents who are on a low income and in need of help this winter.

• More than £600,000 to be spent to improve safety in city parks and streets

  19 November 2021

  3 minute read

  MORE than £600,000 of Government cash will be spent in Leicester to help improve safety in parks and in the city centre.

• Mentoring to help young people turn away from violence

  16 November 2021

  4 minute read

  Local partners have launched a new joint community mentoring project to provide young people with increased support and opportunities to turn away from street-based violence.

• Residents can take part in important new survey

  26 October 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER residents are being asked to take part in an important new survey being carried out by the city council.

• Job-seeking support in more city libraries

  26 October 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S libraries have joined forces with Jobcentre Plus to provide people with increased access to job-seeking support at the heart of the city’s neighbourhoods.

• City council fears looming budget crisis

  18 October 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is facing the prospect of huge budget cuts within 18 months, big council tax rises – or both – it was announced today.

• Consultation asks for views on African Caribbean Centre

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A CONSULTATION has been launched to ask people how they think Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre should be run.

• Highways apprentices on road to success

  6 October 2021

  3 minute read

  FIVE trainees in the city council’s highways team have successfully completed their Level 2 Apprenticeship qualifications in highways maintenance.

• Thousands of city’s burial records made available online

  6 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW online service has been launched to enable people to search for details of all burials which have taken place in Leicester’s cemeteries over the last 170 years.

• Leicester sets out commitment to help Afghan refugees - with Government support

  1 September 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S City Mayor has set out his commitment to support Afghan refugees in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.