It was a busy weekend. Friday started very early, getting into hard-to-access blocks to leaflet postal voters using trade access buttons. Saturday morning was my Councillor surgery at the newly refurbished Vicarage Lane Community Centre, whi…Read more…
Rainy Sunday West Ham Street Surgery – Labour delivers on funding for Newham
Last Sunday, despite the wet weather, we conducted our street surgery in the Abbey Road tower blocks. The views from the top were quite impressive. Although many residents were not home, those I did speak with were pretty positive. Concerns w…Read more…
Focus on public services will help boost struggling communities
Measures show chancellor is trying to turn the page on the austerity disaster
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Opinion: Help make the case for better local government funding
We are encouraging as many members as possible to contact their MPs, because the country can’t be fixed with underfunded local government
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Opinion: Help make the case for better local government funding
We are encouraging as many members as possible to contact their MPs, because the country can’t be fixed with underfunded local government
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Council finance boost must be the start of a long-term investment plan
Fair funding is the way to deliver future stability
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Council finance boost must be the start of a long-term investment plan
Fair funding is the way to deliver future stability
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Funding shortfall of £4bn leaves councils on a precipice
New UNISON figures show dire state of finances
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Funding shortfall of £4bn leaves councils on a precipice
New UNISON figures show dire state of finances
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Closure of more than a thousand youth centres could have lasting impact on society
Teenagers left isolated and without advice or safe spaces
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Closure of more than a thousand youth centres could have lasting impact on society
Teenagers left isolated and without advice or safe spaces
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Councils face ‘existential crisis’ without proper investment from next government
Local authorities need sustained funding if services and jobs are to be saved
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Councils face ‘existential crisis’ without proper investment from next government
Local authorities need sustained funding if services and jobs are to be saved
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Council bailout cash not even a short-term fix, says UNISON
Councils need proper and sustained funding, not panicked quick fixes to keep the wolf from the door in an election year
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Council bailout cash not even a short-term fix, says UNISON
Councils need proper and sustained funding, not panicked quick fixes to keep the wolf from the door in an election year
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Councils face “dire” cash crisis totalling more than £3.5bn
Huge funding gaps mean job and service cuts are inevitable
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Councils face ‘dire’ cash crisis totalling more than £3.5bn
Huge funding gaps mean job and service cuts are inevitable
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Council funding gaps must be closed
A £3 billion council funding blackhole caused by the cost of the pandemic will ‘tear communities apart’ unless it is fixed, Unite, which represents thousands of local authority workers, said today…Read more…
Councils in tourist hotspots overwhelmed with litter problems
Ministers must fund councils properly to keep places clean and safe
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