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Gen Kitchen MP has delivered a petition of more than 2,000 signatures to North Northamptonshire Council

Parking charges petition handed to council by Wellingborough and Rushden MP

Former town councillor, Marion Turner-Hawes said the Swanspool pavilion project 'revealed many weaknesses in the council'

Vacancy on Wellingborough Town Council after resignation of prominent councillor

Newly elected to Corby Town Council - Alison Dalziel (inset) with Labour supporters/UGC

Election win for Labour in Corby by-election

Host Fiona Bruce of BBC One flagship political debate programme Question Time to be broadcast from Kettering on Friday June 26/BBC

Kettering to host BBC Question Time Starmer resignation special tonight

Labour MPs in Northamptonshire have spoken out on Keir Starmer's recent announcement that he will resign as Prime Minister. Credit: House of Commons

Northamptonshire MPs share their views on Keir Starmer's resignation

The Corby Cube, North Northants Council
Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

North Northamptonshire Council approves changes to housing list

Michael Robert Holmes served as a Wellingborough councillor for the Croyland ward for 18 years

Tribute to 'family man' and former Wellingborough mayor who has died aged 90

The Rockingham Arms was damaged again by fire last night.

'Final straw', says Corby MP, as The Rock goes up in flames again

Council leader, Cllr Martin Griffiths has endorsed Cllr Graham Cheatley's comments

Council responds to letter sent by Northamptonshire MPs on SEND funding

Gen Kitchen MP

Political Opinion: Gen Kitchen MP - 'Children with SEND will get the right suppo...

Susanne Cunningham, the former deputy mayor of Corby, has stepped down. Image: IMG / Corby Town Council

Corby deputy mayor resigns as youth club financial irregularities investigated

Question Time host Fiona Bruce /Kettering BBC / National World

Here's who is on the Kettering Question Time panel tonight

Jacksons Lane car park in Wellingborough is one of five sites earmarked for potential development, the others including Phase 2 Glenvale Park fields in Wellingborough, Saunders Close land in Kettering, land at the corner of Rectory Road and John Clark Way, Rushden, and sheltered housing flats in Beech Close, Desborough

Labour and Conservative councillors oppose sale of Wellingborough car park

Wellingborough and Rushden MP Gen Kitchen has started a petition with the local Labour group for North Northants Council to keep parking free in the area Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS / Gen Kitchen MP

NNC fails to deny new parking charges as new strategy announced

Rosie Wrighting MP

Rosie Wrighting MP column: Looking ahead to 2026

Gen Kitchen MP

Gen Kitchen MP: Reform have had the money, now they need to fix the roads
When I was elected, I pledged to fix the potholes.
Gen Kitchen

Corby MP Lee Barron speaks on the two-child benefit cap. Image: HM Government

'Children don’t choose their circumstances': Corby MP on two-child benefit cap

Party 'will not be taking any further action' over supremacist dating allegation

The motion will be brought up at a council meeting today (January 14)

Calls for polling cards in Wellingborough to be reinstated

The Corby Cube, North Northamptonshire Council. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

NNC executive approves draft budget for 2026/27

Rosie Wrighting MP for Kettering, Gen Kitchen MP for Wellingborough and Rushden. Lee Barron MP for Corby and East Northants / House of Commons

MPs say budget a boost for children, high streets and public services

Gavin Beales, of Reform UK won with 403 votes

Reform wins Wellingborough Town Council by-election

West Northamptonshire Labour leader, Sally Keeble (right), has criticised the new NHS care models.

Labour leader criticises care pilot for 'missing out people in greatest need'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street, ahead of the forthcoming Budget. Reeves has warned that 'each of us must do our bit', signalling possible tax rises (Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves says 'each of us must do our bit' — what it may cost you

David Ellis (front left) served on Raunds Town Council from 2009 to 2015

Tributes paid to 'passionate' and 'generous' Raunds councillor David Ellis

Housing Secretary Steve Reed, visited a family in Wellingborough yesterday (October 27)

Wellingborough visit for Labour minister to mark introduction of Awaab’s Law

Rosie Wrighting MP has secured £20m for Avondale Grange

Political opinion with Rosie Wrighting MP: Delivering £20m for our community
Kettering is full of potential – and now we’ve got the investment to help unlock it.
Rosie Wrighting

Gen Kitchen MP

Political Opinion: “This is a major victory for our area”

Make Votes Matter Exec Emma Harrison speaking at #Labour4PR Rally

Proportional Representation Campaigners lobby at Labour conference

Rosie Wrighting speaking to Ronald Tree nursery school headteacher Deb Thwaites.

Political Opinion: Rosie Wrighting MP: Childcare expansion is helping family bud...

Queensway will receive funding as well as Avondale Grange in Kettering and Kingswood in Corby

'Neglected' Wellingborough estate to receive £20m in funding

Karin Smyth MP and Rosie Wrighting MP speak to staff at Kettering General Hospital.

Health Minister visits Kettering General Hospital to see work to improve facilit...

Wellingborough car parks Jackson's Lane and Swansgate shopping centre /Google/National World

Free car parking in Wellingborough to be discussed by town councillors

Rosie Wrighting MP for Kettering on a visit to Wren Spinney School with headteacher Joshua Gershwin-Williams/Wrenn Spinney

Kettering MP launches SEND survey for parents and carers to have their say

The Kingswood estate in Corby. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Concerns about Corby life expectancy as report shows poorest live a decade less

Scott Fitzsimmons was elected to Wellingborough Town Council on May 2, 2025

Wellingborough councillor says council is an ‘absolute mess’ after resignation

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the Government's annual budget to Parliament on October 30, 2024 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves announces 2025 Autumn Budget date - what to expect

Nadine Shah is among the acts performing at Greenbelt

Nadine Shah, Brian Eno and Jeremy Corbyn among Greenbelt Festival acts

Gen Kitchen MP

Political opinion: Gen Kitchen MP: This Government is backing British jobs

Report Author Poppy Bramford, Enginuity Policy Manager

Nine in 10 SMEs say labour costs risk driving up prices

(Photo: Peter Byrne - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

Rosie Wrighting MP speaking in the House of Commons

Rosie Wrighting MP: Free school meals expansion will help thousands of local chi...

Lee Barron MP on a recent visit to The Pen Green Centre in Corby.

Free school meals for more children across Corby and East Northamptonshire

Seven schools across north Northamptonshire -and KGH- are set to benefit from government funding

'Essential maintenance fixes' funding for KGH and north Northamptonshire schools

The funding could benefit hundreds of schools across the country

Huge investment into 'crumbling' schools - what it means for pupils

The huge warehouse in Corby, with Hooke Close in the foreground. Image: Ian Bateman

Corby MP asks new Reform UK leader to tear up council's warehouse legal bill

In Kingswood, as in much of Corby, the loudest message came from those who didn’t vote at all.

Opinion: Corby voted for change — But what happens now?

Cllrs Mark Pengelly (Lloyds) and David Baker (Victoria) have been named as Labour's leadership team on NNC. Image: NW

Labour names its leaders for new council term

Cllrs Mark Pengelly (Lloyds) and David Baker (Victoria) have been named as Labour's leadership team on NNC. Image: NW

Labour names its leaders for new council term

MP Lee Barron will not vote with the Government on disability cuts in their current form. Image: NW / Getty Images

Corby MP signs letter saying he won’t support Government's welfare cuts

Top row l-r Gary Campbell (Ind), Mark Pengelly (Lab), Macaulay Nichol (Con) Bottom row l-r Chris Stanbra (LibDem), Stephen O'Brien (Lab), Ceilidh Devine (LibDem), Lee Duffy (Reform)

Corby Town Council election results see gains for Lib Dems and Reform

The results for the Wellingborough Town Council election include familiar faces as well as some new names

Meet your new Wellingborough town councillors

The victorious Reform group on North Northamptonshire Council. Image: Alison Bagley

Reform win huge majority on North Northants Council, dwarfing all other parties

Martin Griffiths could be walking Reform to victory in North Northamptonshire. Image: Alison Bagley/ NNC

Reform set to storm to victory with half wards counted in North Northants

Police were in attendance

Farmers stage tractor protest in Kettering and Wellingborough

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