It is worth having a look in detail at the proposals the Mayor of Leicester has made to swallow up Oadby, Wigston, Great Glen, Newton Harcourt, Stretton Hall and the Strettons. One of his motivations for coming out so far is to include the new town (the big orange area) and other developments - once they are built, places like Burton Overy, Kings Norton and Gaulby will be touching the built-up edge of what would then be the city of Leicester.
No one I speak to locally wants this. But the Mayor is pushing very hard for this.
I will post a link below to the document he is using to lobby the Labour government to expand the city.
It you haven't signed the petition against this, please do - there is a link below. Meanwhile I will continue to press Labour Ministers to listen to local people.
