Category: Dorset Politics

Promises are never enough

Simon Hoare MP admits past failings, and warns that if government and opposition don’t deliver, the vacuum will fuel populism and protest votes I cannot...

Silence in Sturminster as mayor quits after four months

As Dorset councillor Carole Jones warns that Sturminster has lost ‘a wealth of experience’, Rachael Rowe tries to understand what is happening at Sturminster...

Dorset Council reveals draft Local Plan – 50,000 new homes by 2040

Dorset Council has published its Local Plan Options Consultation 2025, setting out where thousands of new homes, employment land, traveller sites – and even...

Mind the gap – why North Dorset needs a technical college

No skills, no STEM, no jobs: without local training, North Dorset risks becoming a housing corridor with no future for its young people When the...

A year of change and challenge

Friday 4th July marks exactly one year since the 2024 General Election where I was elected to Parliament as the first non-Conservative MP in...

Young minds for a better future

As a professional engineer I take great joy from the occasional opportunities I get to encourage young people to explore, or even take up,...

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Start to finish – sharing the dream

Occasionally it’s great to leave the stud so that the whole team can share in the ultimate racing dream, says Lucy Procter. This week Last...

How Dorset Became One of England’s Finest Food Counties

There are counties in England with a food reputation that precedes them: Yorkshire for its puddings, Cornwall for its pasties, Kent for its orchards....