Milton Keynes Council

About this council
Type	Unitary Authority
Seats up for election	19 out of 57
Boundary change	No

Posted at 12:08 17 Sep

Local businesses save community farm

The visitors' farm is used by people with learning difficulties and mental health problems.

Posted at 1:08 9 Aug

Cremation costs vary by hundreds of pounds

Prices at council crematoria range from £392 to £960 and have risen by more than inflation since 2015.

Posted at 17:24 6 Aug

Call to protect 1978 mural from demolition

Aldi has been given permission to demolish a derelict retail centre which is home to a 1978 mural.

Posted at 15:53 4 Jul

Planner replaced before 'huge' warehouse approved

Ben Schofield

BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

A planning officer's removal from the controversial scheme "rang alarm bells", a councillor said.

Posted at 15:09 2 Jul

Demolition of housing estates 'will not happen'

Some £1bn was originally earmarked to redevelop 8,500 homes in one of England's new towns.

Posted at 12:40 10 Jun

Council to probe waste after Malaysia find

Milton Keynes Council orders an independent audit after its waste was found in Malaysia.

Posted at 16:53 3 May

Lib Dems and Labour make gains on council

Milton Keynes Council remains in no overall control but the Lib Dems gain three seats and Labour two.

Posted at 16:52 3 May

Central Labour Party 'didn't help us very much at all' in MK

Despite gaining three seats and becoming the largest party on Milton Keynes Council, the Labour group's leader Peter Marland has been very critical of senior members of his party at the national level.

He said: "As a Labour Party member it's difficult to understand why some MPs, like Tom Watson, would want to openly discuss our Brexit policy two days before an election and storm out of a meeting.

"I don't think he's helped the party and think it was demoralising for our activists.

"When when you lose some places by 30 votes and the greens have 300, it didn't help us very much as all."

Labour failed to gain Bletchley Park from the Conservatives by 26 votes, while the Greens had 289 votes in that ward.

Posted at 16:08 3 May

Conservatives 'very disappointed' to lose deputy leader on MK council

Andy Holmes

BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

Alex Walker, leader of the Conservatives on Milton Keynes Council, said he was "very disappointed to lose a very capable councillor", after deputy leader Catriona Morris lost her seat to Lib Dem Kerrie Bradbury.

Mr Walker himself only retained his seat by 110 votes.

However, the sense I got was they were fairly pleased to keep 19 seats.

Only a third of the seats were up for election, with Labour becoming the biggest party with 23 seats, but the council remaining in a situation where no single party has overall control.

Milton Keynes also reflected the national picture with the Lib Dems also making gains, winning three seats from the Conservatives, leaving with 15 seats overall.

Posted at 13:32 3 May