Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council cabinet shake-up sees Independents and Lib Dems take control

A new administration has taken control of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council after a motion to remove the leader at last week’s dramatic full council meeting was successful. After suffering losses at this month’s elections, the Conservatives lost their voting majority within the borough council, leaving the Tory leader and cabinet at risk. Last Thursday (May 18), councillor Paul Harvey, the leader of the Basingstoke Independent Forum, was appointed as the council’s new leader, replacing the outgoing Conservative leader councillor Simon Minas-Bound. The Liberal Democrat group leader councill…

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