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Hinckley and Bosworth: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of LEC. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Leicestershire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Hinckley and Bosworth for 2026–27: £164.02 of a £2,382.62 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 result of amalgamation/merger)
- Twycross House Pre-Preparatory School — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 7 September 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £303,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.8 million |
| Cultural and related services | £804,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.2 million |
| Other services | £381,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £15.4 million |
Hinckley and Bosworth in numbers
- Total population
- 116,682 people
- Median age
- 44 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £24,005
- Gross median weekly pay
- £635
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 20.3%
- Claimant Count
- 2.4%
- Average house price
- £260,187
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 7.3 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 5.7 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 83.6%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 84.8 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,505 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
34 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 23, Conservative and Unionist 9, Labour Party 1, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 34 councillors, by ward
- Miriam Surtees (Conservative and Unionist) — Ambien
- Bill Crooks (Liberal Democrats) — Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston
- Charlotte Green (Liberal Democrats) — Barwell
- Hazel Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Barwell
- Michael Simmons (Conservative and Unionist) — Barwell
- Barry Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
- Paul Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
- Richard Flemming (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
- Dawn Glenville (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill
- Pete Stead-Davis (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill
- Maureen Cook (Conservative and Unionist) — Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone
- Anna Weightman (Liberal Democrats) — Earl Shilton
- Claire Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Earl Shilton
- Richard Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Earl Shilton
- Martin Cartwright (Liberal Democrats) — Groby
- Ted Hollick (Liberal Democrats) — Groby
- Linda Mullaney (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Castle
- Stuart Bray (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Castle
- Ann Pendlebury (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Clarendon
- Cathie Gibbens (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Clarendon
- Keith Lynch (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Clarendon
- Lynda Hodgkins (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley De Montfort
- Michael Mullaney (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley De Montfort
- Scott Gibbens (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley De Montfort
- David Cope (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Trinity
- James Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Hinckley Trinity
- Christopher Lambert (Labour Party) — Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead
- Claire Harris (Conservative and Unionist) — Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead
- Joyce Crooks (Liberal Democrats) — Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
- Mark Bools (Liberal Democrats) — Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
- Robin Webber-Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
- Christopher Boothby (Independent / Other) — Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton
- Ozzy O'Shea (Conservative and Unionist) — Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton
- Brian Sutton (Conservative and Unionist) — Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy