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Welcome 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
(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...(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...(September 2025)
How much do Ministers and civil servants based in London know about the ‘real’ world of local government – let alone local communiti...(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 ...(July 2025)
The way that local government works is changing. The Government published plans in December 2024 which will mean the end of district and county counci...
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