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District Matters

Councillor Susan JunedWelcome to District Matters, a column penned by the Leader of Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Councillor Susan Juned . Choose a date from below to read the most recent entries.

Please note: these columns have previously been published in the Stratford Herald newspaper.

Got a question for Councillor Juned? You can get in touch via Ask the Leader 

Councils need to be local and backed by fair funding

(December 2025)

The 28th November was the official deadline for responses to be made to the Government on the preferred choice of Stratford-on-Avon District Council t...

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Community must get a say in future development

(November 2025)

Communities were given a valuable right in 2011 to help to plan development in their areas. The Localism Act 2011 allowed Parish Councils or neighbour...

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Pressure helped to delay fund changes

(October 2025)

Sometimes it is worth making representations to Government through our MPs and our networks if we feel that wrong decisions are being made due to a la...

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Ministers overriding our local decisions

(September 2025)

How much do Ministers and civil servants based in London know about the ‘real’ world of local government – let alone local communiti...

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Wanted: a vision for the future of local government

(August 2025)

Local councils are being pulled and pushed by the government at the moment, and that’s without the local government reorganisation that’s ...

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Last updated on 18/07/2024
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