Day: February 6, 2024

Financially-stretched Chesterfield Borough Council has agreed to scrap its free roadside garden waste collection service and introduce new charges as part of its on-going efforts to balance its forecast 2024-25 budget deficit of £4m. The Labour-led local authority announced its latest plans at a Joint Cabinet, Employment and General Committee meeting on Monday, February 5,

Chesterfield-based environmentalists and Derbyshire Pensioners Action Group have joined forces to raise concerns about the county council-managed Derbyshire Pension Fund’s climate change investment strategy with fossils fuels and the accessibility of the fund’s recent public consultation. Derbyshire County Council released a seven-week online consultation from December 13 to January 31 but it has been met