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Nuneaton and Bedworth: 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.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of WAR. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Warwickshire 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 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth for 2026–27: £279.59 of a £2,502.16 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: 1 opened (1 academy free school), 0 closed
- Watling Meadows Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 September 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£199,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £130,000 |
| Cultural and related services | £3.4 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.7 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £10.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £23.7 million |
Life in Nuneaton and Bedworth: the official facts
- People living here
- 144,042 people
- Typical age
- 40 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,856
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £627
- Children growing up in poverty
- 25.4%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 4.0%
- Average price of a home
- £226,730
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.9 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.4 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 93.7%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 59.3 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,895 businesses
Who runs the council
38 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 15, Labour Party 11, Conservative and Unionist 9, Green Party (E&W) 3.
Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.
All 38 councillors, by ward
- Brady Hughes (Labour Party) — Arbury
- Nita Bagga (Reform UK) — Arbury
- Caroline Phillips (Labour Party) — Attleborough
- Mike Bannister (Reform UK) — Attleborough
- Bill Hancox (Labour Party) — Bede
- George Finch (Reform UK) — Bede
- Lubs Cvetkovic (Conservative and Unionist) — Bulkington
- Paul Smith (Reform UK) — Bulkington
- Colin Cape (Reform UK) — Camp Hill
- Sharon Dhillon (Labour Party) — Camp Hill
- Tony Venson (Labour Party) — Chilvers Coton
- Tracy Sheppard (Labour Party) — Chilvers Coton
- Richard Brill (Reform UK) — Eastboro
- Tony Cooper (Conservative and Unionist) — Eastboro
- Chris Morris (Reform UK) — Exhall
- Damon Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Exhall
- James Bartlett (Reform UK) — Galley Common
- Paul Hickling (Labour Party) — Galley Common
- Ali Brassington (Reform UK) — Heath
- Will Markham (Conservative and Unionist) — Heath
- Keith Kondakor (Green Party (E&W)) — Milby
- Michael Bird (Conservative and Unionist) — Milby
- Bhagwant Pandher (Conservative and Unionist) — Poplar
- Stan Carvell (Reform UK) — Poplar
- Bobbie Greenwood (Reform UK) — Slough
- Sue Markham (Conservative and Unionist) — Slough
- Bhim Saru (Labour Party) — St Mary's
- Nicky King (Labour Party) — St Mary's
- Jake Groves (Reform UK) — St Nicolas
- Jeff Clarke (Conservative and Unionist) — St Nicolas
- Jack Bonner (Labour Party) — Stockingford East
- Stuart Finch (Reform UK) — Stockingford East
- Chris Watkins (Labour Party) — Stockingford West
- Shane Coates-Jarman (Reform UK) — Stockingford West
- Michele Kondakor (Green Party (E&W)) — Weddington
- Mike Wright (Green Party (E&W)) — Weddington
- Daljit Boughan (Reform UK) — Whitestone
- Kristofer Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitestone