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Erewash Borough Council issues an update on Local Government Reorganisation in Derbyshire

The Government has announced its decision on Local Government Reorganisation in Derbyshire. The two unitary proposal for Derbyshire put together by Chesterfield Borough Council, Derby City Council, Erewash Borough Council and High Peak Borough Council, including boundary changes will proceed. For more detail on this proposal which was listed as ‘B1’ in the joint submission, please see the following link: Our proposals - One Derbyshire Two Councils There are no immediate changes to council services, and Erewash residents should continue […]

16 July 2026 35

Derbyshire

Decision on future of local Government in Derby and Derbyshire

The Government has decided to replace 10 councils in Derby and Derbyshire with two unitary councils – one for the north and one for the south – to simplify local government for residents and make it more efficient. It means residents in Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, Chesterfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire will receive services provided by a new council for the north area, while residents in Erewash, South Derbyshire and Derby will receive services provided by a new council […]

16 July 2026 27

Derbyshire County Council headquarters at County Hall in Matlock. Image from Eddie Bisknell.

Borough Wide

Ten Derbyshire councils to be replaced with two with a north-south divide, the Government has decided

Derbyshire’s ten councils will be scrapped and replaced with two councils along a north-south divide, the Government has decided. In the biggest council shakeup for 50 years, today (July 16th), the Labour Government has announced that Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council and the eight districts and boroughs will all be scrapped. It has chosen to replace these 10 councils with two authorities, one to cover the northern half of Derbyshire and one for the southern half, with Amber Valley to […]

16 July 2026 26

Borough Wide

Another Three Lions frenzy roarsome for local venues

Pubs and bars across Erewash enjoyed a roaring trade once more as England fans were gripped by World Cup fever to cheer on the Three Lions to victory against Norway. The scorching quarter final on Saturday night – as the country basked in a heatwave – saw venues packed with revellers watching the crunch clash. A giant outdoor screen was set up at Ilkeston Town FC’s New Manor Ground – where ecstatic crowds saw Harry Kane and his men beat […]

13 July 2026 75

Borough Wide

Savings from Derbyshire Councils restructure have all but disappeared, officials have warned

Potential savings from the scrapping, merging and creation of new Derbyshire councils have all but disappeared, officials have warned. A joint letter on behalf of the 10 chief executives for Derby and Derbyshire’s councils, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, says the situation for planned new authorities has “deteriorated” and “worsened”. This comes in the final days before Government is due to announce its decisions on how Derbyshire councils will be scrapped and merged into new authorities – either […]

7 July 2026 16

Borough Wide

Erewash MP Adam Thompson: “Why I’m backing Andy Burnham.”

Erewash MP Adam Thompson has issued a statement saying why he is in support of Andy Burnham succeeding Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. “At every general election since the Erewash constituency was created in 1983, voters here have chosen the winning party and elected a government MP. For more than forty years, the path to power in this country has always run through Erewash. "Yet in that time, the places we love have been left behind. Good jobs went […]

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Cheque presentation: credit: Better Times for the Derbyshire PCC

Borough Wide

PCC praises life-changing homelessness project supporting women impacted by violence in Erewash

Nine women have benefitted from specialist counselling and secure accommodation thanks to a homelessness project supported by Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts. The Derbyshire PCC contributed £5k from the first round of her Safer and Stronger Communities Fund to the Canaan Trust to safeguard nine women experiencing homelessness in the Erewash area who may have also experienced serious violence including violence against women and girls (VAWG). The women have received ongoing holistic support over the past 12 months including […]

25 June 2026 18

The closed cycleroute which connects the Nutbrook Trail to the Erewash Canal. Image from Eddie Bisknell. F

Borough Wide

Major Erewash commuter route closed for a year in a planning breach described as ‘unacceptable’

A major commuter route for a number of Derbyshire towns and villages has been closed for a year in an ‘unacceptable’ planning breach. For many people in Shipley, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Sandiacre, Stapleford and Long Eaton, the Nutbrook Trail and Erewash Canal cycle routes are key commuter lifelines – away from the roads. However, for a year, a key connection in need of an upgrade is the very link between the Nutbrook Trail and the Erewash Canal, through […]

23 June 2026 104

The proposed site of 150 homes in Bostocks Lane, Risley. Image from Google.

Borough Wide

Borough Council set to spend £1.5m on 7,000-home master-plan

A Derbyshire council is due to spend more than £1.5 million replacing a “deeply flawed” 7,000-home masterplan. In January, the Labour-run Erewash Borough Council opted to scrap its future housing plan, mandated to meet Government targets, after an ultimatum from an inspector. This had followed seven years of work through two political administrations, a blocked attempt at scrapping it, the addition of thousands more homes and months of limbo. The council must legally have or be working towards a housing […]

18 June 2026 34

Erewash

Erewash Borough Council issues an update on Local Government Reorganisation in Derbyshire

Decision on future of local Government in Derby and Derbyshire

Ten Derbyshire councils to be replaced with two with a north-south divide, the Government has decided

Another Three Lions frenzy roarsome for local venues

Savings from Derbyshire Councils restructure have all but disappeared, officials have warned

Erewash MP Adam Thompson: “Why I’m backing Andy Burnham.”

PCC praises life-changing homelessness project supporting women impacted by violence in Erewash

Major Erewash commuter route closed for a year in a planning breach described as ‘unacceptable’

Borough Council set to spend £1.5m on 7,000-home master-plan

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