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Leicestershire: 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.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Leicestershire County Council: County (upper tier), England, East Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000018.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

Leicestershire County Council does not set a Local Plan housing target; housing numbers are set in the Local Plans of the district/borough councils within the county. Where we looked

Transport

The council consulted on a draft Enabling Travel Choices Strategy (22 April to 10 July 2026).

“A consultation on a new strategy setting out how travel choices could be improved across Leicestershire is still open for views.”

Leicestershire County Council, 23 June 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Consultation dates '22 April to 10 July 2026' from https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/have-your-say/you-said-we-did/engagement-2026. The consultation has now closed.

Council tax

Band D set by Leicestershire for 2026–27: £1,731.79. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Leicestershire County Council approved a 2.99% Council Tax rise for 2026/27 on 18 February 2026.

“The plan sets out a 2.99 Council Tax rise, an extra £127m investment in services, particularly social care, £48m of savings and £55m more to cover price and pay rises and was approved today (Wednesday) by Leicestershire County Council.”

Leicestershire County Council, 18 February 2026. Read 25 September 2026. leicestershire.gov.uk returns Akamai 403 'Access Denied' to curl, so curl re-verification was impossible).99 Council Tax rise' without a % sign on two separate reads; the article also says 'The levy adds 97p to a weekly Band D bill from April' and 'The Government sets a cap on the level of Council Tax increase which for 2026/27 was 4.99%'. Recommend a manual check before publishing. The page prints the figure without a % sign; it is quoted as printed.

Environment

In February 2023 the council set net zero target dates of 2035 for its own operations and 2050 for the county.

“In February 2023, the Council approved revisions to its net zero targets, extending the net zero target date for Council operations to 2035 and the county wide net zero target date to 2050.”

Leicestershire County Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026.

Education

The council has sought proposals to run a new primary school to serve Garendon Park, Loughborough (and another for Broadnook, Charnwood); the closing date was 31 July 2026.

“Proposal to establish a new primary school to serve Garendon Park, Loughborough”

Leicestershire County Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Link text on the page under 'Proposals for new schools', followed by '(Closing date: 12pm on Friday 31 July 2026)'.

Changes to schools 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: 5 opened (4 new provision, 1 academy converter), 2 closed (1 academy converter, 1 result of amalgamation/merger)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Leicestershire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Leicestershire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£480.4 million
Highways and transport services£56.0 million
Children's social care£180.0 million
Adult social care£292.6 million
Public health£34.9 million
Housing services (general fund only)£588,000
Cultural and related services£10.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services£43.7 million
Planning and development services£5.1 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£13.1 million
Other services£35.7 million
Total service expenditure£1,152.8 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Leicestershire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

Show the figures for:

Showing: Leicestershire.

People living here
752,448 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
42 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£24,314 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£630 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
19.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£283,055 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
7.3 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
61.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
61.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
5.8 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
88.5% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
116.3 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
30,325 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Leicestershire from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

55 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 24, Conservative and Unionist 15, Liberal Democrats 11, Labour Party 2, Independent / Other 1, Restore Britain 1, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 55 councillors, by ward
  • Dan Harrison (Reform UK) — Ashby de la Zouch
  • Bryan Lovegrove (Conservative and Unionist) — Belvoir
  • Daniel Grimley (Conservative and Unionist) — Birstall
  • John Bloxham (Reform UK) — Blaby & Glen Parva
  • Deborah Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradgate
  • Kim Robinson (Reform UK) — Braunstone
  • Bill Piper (Reform UK) — Broughton Astley
  • Harrison Fowler (Reform UK) — Bruntingthorpe
  • Barry Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage
  • Charles Pugsley (Reform UK) — Castle Donington & Kegworth
  • Craig Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Coalville North
  • Paul Harrison (Reform UK) — Coalville South
  • Graham Cooke (Reform UK) — Cosby & Countesthorpe
  • Michael Mullaney (Liberal Democrats) — De Montfort
  • Martin England (Reform UK) — Earl Shilton
  • Michael Charlesworth (Independent / Other) — East Wigston
  • Nicholas Holt (Liberal Democrats) — Enderby & Lubbesthorpe
  • Adam Tilbury (Reform UK) — Forest & Measham
  • Phil King (Conservative and Unionist) — Gartree
  • Kevin Crook (Reform UK) — Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests
  • Nick Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests
  • Ozzy O'Shea (Conservative and Unionist) — Groby & Ratby
  • Ann Pendlebury (Liberal Democrats) — Hollycroft
  • Virge Richichi (Reform UK) — Ibstock & Appleby
  • Simon Galton (Liberal Democrats) — Launde
  • Jewel Miah (Labour Party) — Loughborough East
  • Peter Morris (Reform UK) — Loughborough North
  • Andrew Hamilton-Gray (Reform UK) — Loughborough North West
  • Beverley Gray (Labour Party) — Loughborough South
  • Richard Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Loughborough South West
  • Rosita Page (Conservative and Unionist) — Lutterworth
  • Mark Bools (Liberal Democrats) — Mallory
  • Joshua Melen (Conservative and Unionist) — Market Bosworth
  • Sarah Hill (Liberal Democrats) — Market Harborough East
  • David Page (Conservative and Unionist) — Market Harborough West & Foxton
  • Charles Whitford (Restore Britain) — Markfield, Desford & Thornton
  • Andrew Innes (Reform UK) — Melton East
  • Kerry Knight (Reform UK) — Melton West
  • Joe Orson (Conservative and Unionist) — Melton Wolds
  • Dee North (Reform UK) — Narborough & Whetstone
  • Linda Broadley (Liberal Democrats) — North Wigston
  • Dean Gamble (Liberal Democrats) — Oadby
  • Moinuddin Durrani (Liberal Democrats) — Oadby
  • Paul Rudkin (Reform UK) — Quorn & Barrow
  • Linda Danks (Reform UK) — Rothley & Mountsorrel
  • Helen Butler (Reform UK) — Shepshed
  • Naomi Bottomley (Green Party (E&W)) — Sileby & The Wolds
  • John McDonald (Reform UK) — South & West Wigston
  • Stuart Bray (Liberal Democrats) — St. Marys
  • Carl Abbott (Reform UK) — Stoney Stanton & Croft
  • James Poland (Conservative and Unionist) — Syston Fosse
  • Simon Bradshaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Syston Ridgeway
  • Brenda Seaton (Conservative and Unionist) — Thurmaston Ridgemere
  • Michael Squires (Reform UK) — Valley
  • Joseph Boam (Reform UK) — Whitwick

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers could not be read automatically (the site blocks or did not answer), so decisions and motions are not listed here; the meeting papers hold them.

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