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Ninety-five minutes to freeze Council Tax (24 Feb).
It took councillors at tonight's meeting of Rugby Borough Council, Tuesday 24 February, just ninety-five minutes to agree to freeze the borough's charge on Council Tax.
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Will Rugby stop the rot tonight?
Rugby town centre has declined under years of tory rule - see http://rugby.lib.dm/a8SLN . Now Rugby Borough Council has the opportunity to stop the rot and take back the initiative by backing the…
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Advance to “The Retreat”, Newbold Road, Rugby
The Retreat is a grade II listed building dating from the early part of the nineteenth century and owned by Rugby Borough Council. Could it be given a new purpose and kept for future generations?
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Shoulder to shoulder on safety barriers
This Sunday (22 February 2015) churchgoers, residents and local councillors stood shoulder to shoulder to demand that Warwickshire County Council put back the safety barriers it has removed from…
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Liberal Democrats unveil their budget proposals
Rugby Liberal Democrats have unveiled their proposals for Rugby Borough Council's 2015-16 budget. The Liberal Democrat proposals combine a Council Tax freeze with proposals to revive the town centre…
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MPs Mark Pawsey and Jeremy Wright – missing from the action?
Writing to the Rugby Advertiser this week the chair of Dunchurch Parish Council, Peter Eccleson, raises some important issues about the National Planning Policy Framework.
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Water leak at the junction of Wentworth Road and Dunchurch Road
Local residents backed by Cllr Bill Lewis have been pressing Warwickshire County Council to repair the road surface at the junction of Wentworth Road and Dunchurch Road.
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One hundred more sign this week
The past week has seen another strong response for Cllr Bill Lewis's petition on the Ashlawn Road development. Over a hundred more people have signed bringing the total number of signatures to over…
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Rugby Borough Council Meeting – Tuesday 24 February – Eight decisions but only one argument
When it next meets at 7pm on Tuesday 24 February Rugby Borough Council will be asked to take eight decisions. We predict only one of these will be controversial.
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Rugby unemployment – January setback but trend still in the right direction
Sadly the claimant count for Rugby's unemployed was 70 up in January bringing the total number of people unemployed and claiming benefit to 608. This is probably due to Christmas seasonal work coming…
