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• Election called for Leicester’s next Young People’s Council

  4 November 2024

  2 minute read

  SCHOOLS and community groups have this week begun the process of selecting and electing candidates for Leicester’s next Young People’s Council.

• New housing apprentices join council to learn specialist craft skills

  3 October 2024

  2 minute read

  EIGHTEEN new apprentices from a range of backgrounds have joined Leicester City Council’s housing department to learn specialist craft skills.

• Drivers warned of fake parking fine texts

  2 October 2024

  3 minute read

  Drivers are being warned not to respond to fake texts telling them they must immediately pay a parking penalty charge notice (PCN).

• Consultation launched on council tax support

  1 October 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is proposing changes to the way council tax support for low-income households is worked out and is asking for people’s views.

• Free activities for Green Libraries Week

  18 September 2024

  1 minute read

  GREEN Libraries Week is coming to Leicester, featuring everything from poetry and author talks to energy advice and craft activities – and it’s all free.

• Council signs up to protect staff from violence at work

  11 September 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council has shown its commitment to keeping all staff safe at work by signing up to a trades union charter to end violence at work.

• ‘Thoughtful and kind’ social worker nominated for Apprentice of Year

  3 September 2024

  3 minute read

  A ‘THOUGHTFUL and kind’ social worker who ‘is determined to learn and grow’ has been nominated for a prestigious Apprentice of the Year award.

• Diwali Day set to be the focus for Leicester celebrations

  23 August 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S famous Diwali celebrations are to be combined into one annual event, as the city council aims to cope with rising costs.

• Work begins on city’s new £1.8m children’s home

  22 August 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK is under way to build a new children’s home in Leicester, boosting the number of council-run placements available for children and young people in care.

• 20 largest local authority landlords call for new government to save council homes

  10 July 2024

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has joined with England’s other largest council landlords to jointly publish five solutions for the new government to ‘secure the future of England’s council housing.’

• Flag raising to mark start of Armed Forces Week in Leicester

  21 June 2024

  1 minute read

  THE FLAG of the Armed Forces will be raised in Leicester’s Town Hall Square on Monday (24 June) to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

• Trading Standards staff check prices are clear in smaller shops

  10 June 2024

  2 minute read

  TRADING Standards officers from Leicester City Council have been supporting an operation to ensure clear pricing is on display in smaller shops.