Your council

• City to commemorate its fallen

  9 November 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER will fall silent to remember those who have lost their lives in armed conflict over the coming days as the city marks Remembrance Day.

• Groups invited to apply for anti-poverty community grants

  8 November 2022

  2 minute read

  ORGANISATIONS working to address poverty in Leicester – such as schools, charities, community groups and businesses – can now apply to the city council for a grant of up to £10,000 to support their work.

• Council drops workplace parking levy proposals due to cost-of-living crisis

  7 November 2022

  2 minute read

  Leicester City Council has announced that proposals to introduce a workplace parking levy (WPL) in Leicester in 2023 will not be developed.

• Academic set to lead review into Leicester disorder steps down

  2 November 2022

  3 minute read

  A HATE crime expert set to lead a review into the cause of recent violent disorder in East Leicester has stepped down.

• University of Leicester to lead review into East Leicester disorder

  26 October 2022

  2 minute read

  AN INDEPENDENT review into the cause of recent violent disorder in East Leicester will be led by Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies at the University of Leicester. 

• Get a Warm Welcome at our libraries

  20 October 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S libraries are preparing to offer people a Warm Welcome as the cost of living crisis hits this winter.

• Four academics to be honoured with City of Leicester Award

  6 October 2022

  4 minute read

  EXPERTS from the University of Leicester who led the search for the remains of King Richard III are to receive a top civic award – 10 years after their astonishing discovery.

• Get involved in Saving Saffron Brook

  21 September 2022

  2 minute read

  NATURE-themed events taking place throughout the autumn will encourage local people to get involved with the rewilding of an important urban waterway.

• The State Funeral of HM The Queen: changes to council services

  14 September 2022

  1 minute read

  CITY council buildings in Leicester will be closed on Monday (19 September) – the day of the State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen.

• Local leaders to lay wreaths in memory of The Queen and public invited to leave own tributes

  9 September 2022

  1 minute read

  LOCAL dignitaries from the city and county will come together in Leicester’s Green Dragon Square tomorrow (Saturday 10) to lay wreaths to mark the passing of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll.

• Leicester marks passing of Queen Elizabeth ll

  8 September 2022

  1 minute read

  TRIBUTES are being paid to Queen Elizabeth II following the announcement of her death.

• ‘Prudent investment’ boosts funding for council services

  6 September 2022

  2 minute read

  MORE than £8million was generated for Leicester City Council last year by the industrial units, office space, shop units and other commercial land and property that it owns.