Dorset Council has welcomed the Chancellor’s spending round announcement to increase funding for council-run services. However, it still warned of a ‘challenging budget position’ because of ‘growing demand’ for children’s services and adult …

The proposal to deliver up to 1800 new homes in Gillingham has moved a step forward following the government’s announcement on Thursday of an award of £4.1 million to help deliver development of …

The former chairman of Dorset County Council and current Gillingham county councillor Andrew Cattaway says he fears that Dorset’s rural areas, including Gillingham and Shaftesbury, will continue to be Dorset’s ‘poor relations’ under …

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, has come to Gillingham to view at first hand plans for a major new housing development in the town. Mr Javid visited …