A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.
Gavin Walton
February 9, 2022
Vale’s 2022/23 budget protects frontline services, ensures important environmental, leisure and safety improvements and keeps Council Tax increase to under the rate of inflation
Despite a 6.2 per cent reduction in funding from government, Vale of White Horse District Council is set to agree a balanced budget for 2022/23 and, for the first time in several years, is projecting to have surplus general reserves at the end of its 5-year reporting period. Spending has been allocated to areas identified […]
February 8, 2022
Vale’s climate plan to cut council carbon emissions
Vale of White Horse District Council has taken its biggest step so far towards becoming carbon neutral within its own operations. The Vale has adopted its new Climate Action Plan, which sets out the steps it will take to reduce its emissions as it aims to become carbon neutral by 2030. This means, thanks to […]
February 7, 2022
Council and NHS staff across the county thanked for their efforts during the pandemic
Council and NHS leaders are taking the opportunity to thank staff across local authorities and the health and social care system for their tireless efforts to provide services and support communities and the most vulnerable throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has led to profound and far-reaching changes to the way we all work and […]
February 7, 2022
Vale Cabinet approves measures to make council car parks more sustainable
Important measures to make parking more sustainable in the Vale of White Horse will be introduced later this year. Council taxpayers have been subsidising district council car parks for many years, with the service typically running at a loss of about £300,000 a year. The shortfall has now risen to almost £450,000 following the Covid-19 […]
January 28, 2022
New Vale plan to tackle emissions set for approval
A major new action plan aimed at cutting carbon emissions could be given the go-ahead next week. Tackling the climate emergency is a key priority for Vale of White Horse District Council, which aims to become a carbon neutral council by 2030. This means, thanks to the actions put in place, the carbon produced from […]
January 27, 2022
Vale Cabinet to consider proposals to make car parking sustainable
Vale of White Horse District Council’s Cabinet is to consider proposals to make the district’s car parking more financially sustainable. Council taxpayers have been subsidising car parking across the Vale for many years. This was costing taxpayers around £300,000 each year, and during Covid this has risen to £450,000 per year. By making sure free […]
December 21, 2021
Help to make night-time safer in Abingdon and Didcot
Residents are being asked to help make areas of Abingdon and Didcot safer at night. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils want to hear from anyone who has felt unsafe in either town on a night out, or when returning there after an evening out elsewhere, such as Oxford. The two councils […]
December 9, 2021
Council re-affirms commitment to support War Pensioners
The War Pension scheme was established to compensate those veterans who suffered injured or illness while serving their country, while the War Widow(er)’s Pension is for those whose spouse died while serving. Under current rules, any money above £10 from a War Pension or Widow(er)’s Pension can be counted as income when calculating someone’s entitlement […]
December 9, 2021
Councillors call on the government to support ambitious local climate action
Leader Emily Smith will write to Whitehall to urge the government to establish a programme for domestic retrofitting. A nationally funded and sustainable scheme is needed across the country to make existing homes more environmentally friendly. Ensuring the energy efficiency of existing housing stock, through installing insulation or carbon neutral heat pumps, will give the […]
December 8, 2021
Vital work to help vulnerable people praised by councillors
Work to protect vulnerable residents and those who are most at risk from criminal activity has been recognised by councillors in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. A joint report detailed the vital role the South and Vale Community Safety Partnership (CSP), managed by district council staff, has played in the past year. […]
