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The public are invited to attend committee meetings or to view them online in order to discover more about the Dorset Council budget.

The Dorset Welcome Fund has supported refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere to the tune of £100,000 over the last couple of years.

Matt Prosser is to take up the role of chief executive of Wellington City Council in New Zealand next year.

Liberal Democrat Vikki Slade, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, is campaigning for a fur-free Britain.

If residents are in favour, town and parish councils could be established across the Bournemouth and Poole conurbation.

MP Vikki Slade has called on the government to scrap the so-called “family farm tax” on farms in Mid Dorset and North Poole.

Dorset Chamber has reservations about this week’s Budget, fearing job losses, but is pleased about focus on social housing.

Vikki Slade and her Lib Dem colleagues are urging the Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves to replace the business rates system.

At a Ferndown Town Council meeting, councillors voted to send a letter to the government urging it to delay changes to the fuel allowance.

The Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has demanded a ban on executive bonuses at Wessex Water following the latest Ofwat report.