100 Years Blue Monday, 14 October, 2024 The Gainsborough Conservative Association marked an historic moment this last weekend as we celebrated 100 years of continuously returning a Conservative Member of Parliament. During this time there has been only THREE MP's - Harry Crookshank (1924-1956); Marcus Kimball (1956-1983) and Sir Edward Leigh since 1983. To mark the occasion members and guests held a Black Tie Dinner at Thonock Park Golf... Local News
Conservatives Name Candidate for Torksey By-Election 23rd September 2019 The Gainsborough Constituency Conservative Association are pleased to have selected a first-class, local candidate, for the forthcoming by-election on Thursday... Local News
Stuart Kinch Decides to Resign as West Lindsey District Councillor 16th September 2019 Stuart Kinch, who has served as a Conservative District Councillor for the Torksey Ward for over sixteen years, since May 2003, has written to Ian Knowles, West... Local News
Conservative-led West Lindsey District Council Offers Free Waste Audit for Local Businesses during Recycling Week 11th September 2019 To celebrate Recycle Week next week, West Lindsey District Council is offering a free waste audit to local businesses. Between 23 and 29 September, one of the... Local News
Councillors Fund Local Food in School Holidays Project 10th September 2019 Money from the Councillor Initiative Fund has provided much-needed financial aid to the ‘Food in School Holidays’ project in Dunholme. West Lindsey District... Local News
Conservative Plans to Build A New Refuse Depot Facility Receive Cross-Party Support 29th August 2019 Proposals to build a new central depot in West Lindsey to secure the future of waste collections and street cleansing operations have been given the go-ahead... Local News
Conservatives Deliver £20million 'Exemplar’ Affordable Housing Scheme in Gainsborough 29th August 2019 A total of 130 new affordable homes is set to be built in Gainsborough in over a decade. Conservative-led West Lindsey District Council is delighted that Acis... Local News
Major Improvements Planned for Key Gainsborough Junction in 2020 29th August 2019 New traffic lights at the Corringham Road/Thorndike Way junction will increase safety and unlock development in the area. Lincolnshire County Council and West... Local News
Council Leader Reflects on his First 100 Days 28th August 2019 Councillor Giles McNeill has had a busy start to life as leader of West Lindsey District Council. Reflecting on his first 100 days at the helm of the authority... Local News
Mayflower Pilgrim events receive £100,000 Arts Council funding 27th August 2019 Arts Council England has granted West Lindsey District Council £100,000 to fund a series of events in Gainsborough commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the... Local News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
Boris Johnson: End the Brexit uncertainty so we can get on with business 17th November 2019 The Prime Minister has unveiled a package of measures designed to help business make the most of Brexit. National News