Oxford Clarion

Step this way for stadium, inauguration, housing and coffee news. And is Oxford getting an Apple Store? This week’s top stories Landlords are warning of rent rises of up to 23% as a result of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. The “investment corridor” is designed to attract employers to the area

Pothole enthusiasts of Oxfordshire, rejoice. At last the council is listening to you. Oxfordshire County Council’s budget this year is (almost) all about roads. On Tuesday, councillors will be debating the draft budget put forward by the Liberal Democrat and Green administration – and proposing their own amendments. Just like

This week’s top stories Oxfordshire County Council elections will take place as planned in May. This week Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced a number of counties where unitary authorities would be set up, requiring postponement of elections, and also named the first overarching ‘strategic authorities’ grouping several counties.

Rail industry documents passed to the Oxford Clarion show that the Government will need to overrule Network Rail if the Botley Road work is to finish before June 2026. The road was originally closed in April 2023, and was set to reopen in October 2024. But the discovery of a

Charles de Gaulle famously asked “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” Keir Starmer is asking how you can govern a country with 246 varieties of local council. France has 18 régions, which in turn are divided into départements, 101 in all. Add a few