Restore Britain Bassetlaw Branch

07/10/2026

1 in 3 Worksop Shops are closed down. We know how to fix it.

Walk through Worksop and the problem is impossible to miss: empty units, shuttered shops and businesses struggling to bring people through the door.

This isn’t just about how our town centre looks. Every shop that disappears means fewer jobs, less choice and less money circulating in our local economy.

Restore Britain's policy is to restore our town centres and make it easier for independent businesses to survive and grow.
That means:
- Abolishing business rates for small businesses
- Free parking in selected town-centre areas to increase footfall
- Cleaning up graffiti and litter
- Repairing pavements and improving the public realm
- Rewarding entrepreneurs and people prepared to work, invest and take risks

Worksop shouldn't be managed into decline. We want a town centre where people have a reason to visit, independent businesses have a fighting chance, and empty shops become thriving shops again.

Restore the High Street. Restore Worksop.

(Source: Bassetlaw District Council FOI 3493889)

05/10/2026

FLY-TIPPING UP 72% IN JUST ONE YEAR

New figures from Bassetlaw District Council show a sharp rise in reported fly-tipping:

July 2024 - June 2025: 688 reports
July 2025 - June 2026: 1,182 reports

That’s 494 additional reports - an increase of 72% in just one year.

But perhaps the most concerning part of the Council’s response is what it doesn’t know. Bassetlaw District Council has confirmed:

❌ There is currently no service performance data for fly-tipping clearances.

❌ Its systems do not reliably record when fly-tipped waste is actually removed, meaning the Council cannot reliably report how long residents are waiting from reporting a fly-tip to it being cleared.

The Council says this is an “area for improvement” and that Neighbourhood Services is reviewing its processes so performance can be properly measured in future.

There are currently 23 street-cleansing operatives covering the whole district, but fly-tipping is only one part of their workload. They also undertake street cleansing, litter picking and emptying litter bins.

And the problem has continued since the period covered by these figures. Over the summer, around 13.5 tonnes of asbestos were found dumped across four sites in Babworth, Retford and Barnby Moor, requiring specialist contractors to remove it. At Sandhill Lake in Worksop, around eight tonnes of fly-tipped waste were cleared as part of a major clean-up.

These aren’t just the occasional black bag left at the side of the road. Bassetlaw is dealing with examples of fly-tipping on a massive scale.

The Council introduced its new Clean and Green Rangers in August 2026. Their published duties include identifying and reporting fly-tipping, but importantly, they started after the period covered by these figures, so they cannot explain the 72% rise shown here.

Restore Britain will restore our town centres through practical measures such as cleaning graffiti, picking litter and fixing pavements, alongside a wider commitment to reducing waste in government spending.

Whatever the explanation for the increase, residents should be able to know how much fly-tipping is being reported, how quickly it is being cleared, and whether the service is improving or getting worse.

At the moment, the Council itself says it does not have the performance data to answer that.

Source: Bassetlaw District Council, Chief Executive complaint response, 29 September 2026 - "Fly Tipping Reports (Waste Management)"

03/10/2026

£47,731.68 on an underpass mural. At least £24,991 came from a government levelling-up fund for Worksop, Retford, and Tuxford.

Bassetlaw District Council says the mural celebrates Tuxford’s heritage and has made the underpass brighter and more welcoming.

Restore Britain takes a different approach to regeneration. We will Reward the Nation’s Grafters: reducing waste in public spending, and restoring town centres through practical measures such as supporting small businesses, improving pavements, cleaning up public spaces and using free parking in selected areas to increase footfall.

So the question for locals is simple:

If you had £47,731.68 to improve our towns and support local communities, what would you have spent it on?

29/09/2026

Excellent reading

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25/09/2026

Just common sense

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An important policy announcement.

A Restore Britain Government will abolish interest on all student loans held by British nationals living in our country, including the removal of interest already accrued.

A party backing young British men and women.

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/restorebritain/pages/1420/attachments/original/1790325288/Restore_Britain_-_Abolish_Student_Loan_Interest.pdf?1790325288

25/09/2026

Good news and great progress

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Restore Britain is one point behind the Lib Dems in the latest poll.

We can do this.

24/09/2026

At last someone is taking this on properly

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24/09/2026

This is good news

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17/09/2026

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Restore Britain will declassify, declassify, and then declassify some more - we will tell you all the truth. We will tell you EXACTLY what crimes third world s*x pests and rapists have been inflicting on the British people. We will tell you who signed off on what, when. Restore Britain will be honest with the British people.

17/09/2026

£250,000 Council contract for private waste management firm. 5 years. Zero upheld dog fouling fines. Zero prosecutions.

Bassetlaw District Council has a five-year contract valued at £250,000 for environmental enforcement covering offences including dog fouling and littering. The Council says dog fouling can result in a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice and that prosecution can follow where an FPN is not paid.

Yet in response to our FOI request covering the last five complete financial years, the Council reported:

- 1 dog-fouling Fixed Penalty Notice issued...and it was cancelled
- 0 prosecutions
- £0 collected from dog-fouling FPNs

The Council also told us that it does not hold or record the total number of dog-fouling reports received and identified no dog-fouling hotspots in its response.

That raises some obvious questions about how dog-fouling enforcement is being measured: what outcomes are being delivered, what performance measures are attached to the contract, and what evidence is being used to determine whether enforcement is reducing the problem?

Residents can also judge the visible condition of their own streets, parks and public spaces. Are you still seeing dog mess being left where you live?

Restore Britain’s position is clear.

- Our town-centre policy calls for graffiti to be cleaned, litter to be picked and greater pride taken in local communities.
- Our policing paper proposes Police Accountability Boards and a single enforcement standard intended to apply the same threshold consistently.
- Our economic policy explicitly calls for ending government waste and criticises inefficient public-sector procurement.