BRIGG POPULATION NOW HEADING FOR 6,000

Some interesting 2011 Census figures for Brigg are quoted in a thought-provoking article in the new issue of  Brigg Matters newsletter, penned by the Editor. The official population in 2011 - the latest available figure - was 5,626 - having risen by almost 11 per cent inside 10 years. 

Brigg Urban District Council managed many of the town's main services up to 1974 when the new second-tier Glanford authority was created, along with top level Humberside County Council.

It's worth reflecting that Brigg UDC built, repaired and managed the entire council house stock - something the current North Lincolnshire Council does not. It also ran the Recreation Ground in those days (but no longer) and oversaw the late lamented Corn Exchange community venue. 

There's much talk at the moment of a supposed return to "Localism" within local government. 

Looking back to the era of  UDCs that ran small towns across the UK, some people might wonder why  truly local control was removed in the first place?