West Northants Liberal Democrats have chosen Liberal Democrat Councillor Jonathan Harris as their Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election for the Daventry Constituency.  Jonathan has been a councillor representing the Brixworth Ward for the past four and a half years, initially winning a by-election for Daventry District Council with a 33% swing from the Conservatives […]

There is still a great deal of public anger, understandably, but unfortunately often misdirected with the council team and the police getting the brunt of it.  The Home Office have abjectly failed to communicate with the council on this matter. Even now, they are not attending meetings with officers.  It is really important that people understand that […]

A week or so before Christmas,  we were advised that the Home Office was considered a hotel in my Ward to be ‘stood up’ as an Asylum Contingency Hotel.  On the Friday just before Christmas (23rd December) they finally confirmed that that they had made the decision to go ahead. It is not policy to […]

A few days ago, I re – Tweeted a message from Northampton General Hospital about visitor restrictions due to high Covid and flu infections. In my Tweet, I made no reference to the hospitals decision. I simply used it to raise awareness of high infection rates and suggested mask wearing in certain settings and staying […]

The proposed planning reforms will affect us all The Chesham and Amersham by-election win for the Liberal Democrats was no fluke. Several members of the Brixworth Focus team went to Chesham on the Sunday before the election and it was evident to us that residents are extremely concerned about the governments planning reform agenda.  In […]

Some of you may be aware that an application was made last for the development of a large industrial area on land to the north of Mercedes Benz.  Approval was refused at the planning committee. The applicant has taken the application to appeal and the appeal is now appeal is now live, and the hearing […]

In respect of garden waste subscriptions, customers who cannot make a purchase online should be able to call Norse directly on 0345 218 5215, 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. West Northamptonshire Norse process all payments and administer the distribution of the permits, so unfortunately we cannot arrange for payment directly. If customers do not […]

Here are the full results for the Brixworth Ward for the West Northamptonshire Council. Jonathan Harris is elected as one of the three councillors for our area. He says “I am delighted and honoured to have been elected to represent people in our Brixworth ward. It is disappointing that Tony Nixon and Christine Ware didn’t […]

This year, due to COVID restrictions, Brixworth has two polling stations. To find your correct polling station please check your street/road name below. The polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm.

The Conservatives, while only having 1% to offer nurses, have pushed through an inflation busting 5.9% rise in Council Tax from April for residents in Daventry district and 5.3% for residents in South Northants. Coming with this extra Council Tax is no improvements to local services that under the Conservatives have suffered years of cuts.Liberal […]