Our report of Portsmouth City Council's meeting of the full council, October 13th 2026.

Which items on the agenda provoked thoughtful and revelatory debate? Which we met with partisan point scoring?

Listen as we take a look at the agenda and the four notices of motion put before the council.

• 11a - Establishment of a Fully Accurate and Maintained HMO Register for Portsmouth (Inman / Dent REFORM)
• 11b - LGR - Cost to Local Taxpayers and Government Reimbursement (Bosher / Gardner CON)
• 11c - National Emergency Briefing on Climate and Nature (Heaney / Vallely LAB)
• 11d - Protecting Youth Voices and UK Youth Parliament (Barrett / Horton LIBDEM) withdrawn as Cllr Horton was not at the meeting.
• 11e - Supporting the RNLI and Consideration of the Grant of the Freedom of the City to Portsmouth Lifeboat Station (GVJ / Ansell LIBDEM)

PCC's agenda, and links to documents and full meeting:- https://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=146&MId=5980Support Pompey Politics Podcast

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Party conference season is over.

MPs make their way back to Westminster. In this the third PMQs of PM Andy Burnham faces questions from Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch & others.

Will the conference positivity survive in the House of Commons?

What questions will the PM be facing?

Will there be answers?

What will the other parties and voters learn as we countdown to the budget in two weeks time.

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The MPs head back to parliament, the party members head back home. Are they excited, energised and emboldened by their party’s conference?

What were the key policy announcements from the Reform, Conservative, Labour, Green or Liberal Democrat conferences?

We take a look at the party conferences from the five major UK parties.

If you went to a political party conference, let us know your experience.

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