A range of regeneration, CCTV and roads projects could be made possible after a deal was struck on the leadership of Bolton Council. This comes after the Horwich and Blackrod First Independents agreed to support Labour leader Cllr Nick Peel in retaining the leadership of the council last week following the local elections. Party leader Cllr David Grant says that this had been their only option and in return he hopes to secure improvements including improved CCTV at Station Park and lighting on Hampson Street.
Cllr Grant said: “Ultimately, the townships of Horwich and Blackrod are years behind so for us it was better to work with the council leadership and council officers and to make sure that Horwich and Blackrod progress. “We are happy to work with the administration, as we did when the Conservatives were in power. No party currently has an overall majority at Bolton Council (Image: Newsquest) “We are always going to be in opposition, we are never going to have 31 councillors, so it makes sense to work with the administration.
” After the last council election, the ruling Labour Group was left with 26 councillors, two fewer than they had had previously and five short of an overall majority. This left them in need of other parties’ support in order to go on leading the council. At the council’s annual general meeting on Wednesday May 22 the Labour group, Horwich and Blackrod First Independents and independent Cllr Ayub Patel all supported Cllr Peel.
Cllr Grant’s.
