News - SOUTHEND LABOUR

Councillors condemn “premature and undemocratic” action by health bosses

Labour councillors and other campaigners are appalled at the decision by health administrators to bring in unpopular hospital merger plans in south Essex without waiting for proper scrutiny. Last week, executives at the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) announced they would be pushing ahead with then…

Southend Council leader backs LGA climate emergency declaration

Cllr Ian Gilbert, Labour councillor for Victoria ward and leader of Southend Borough Council, has this week voiced his support for the Local Government Association in declaring a climate emergency. At the LGA Conference in Bournemouth this week, Cllr Gilbert supported an amendment proposed by the LGA Labour Group to…

Southend Council rejects Tory call to waste money on doomed injunction attempt

At an extraordinary meeting of Southend Borough Council last night, councillors rejected a Conservative motion that called for the Council to apply for a borough-wide injunction against travellers, on the basis of legal advice that such an injunction was unlikely to be granted by a court. Cllr Matt Dent, Labour…

Agreement reached to take control of Southend Council

The Labour, Independent and Liberal Democrat groups on Southend Council have reached an agreement to form a joint administration, and give the borough the stable leadership that it needs. Following the Appointments Council on 16 May, where the Conservative minority administration lost every contested position and it was made clear…

Labour Councillors call for greater action on SEND

Labour councillors in Southend have called for more ‘dynamism and ambition’, in the joint Statement of Action for Special Educational Needs and Disability provision. Following the disappointing Inspection into Special Educational Needs and Disability provision in Southend, Southend Council and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have published a joint Statement…

Labour councillors welcome new social housing

On Tuesday 14th May 2019, new social housing was opened on Rochford Road in St Laurence ward. Comprising twelve 2-bed flats and three 3-bed houses, this new development will help take people off Southend’s straining housing list and into secure accommodation. Cllr Daniel Cowan, newly-elected Labour councillor for St Laurence…

Southend Labour Launches Forward-Looking Manifesto

A large number of local Labour Party members packed the Beecroft Gallery’s lecture theatre on Friday evening for the launch of the party’s Southend Election Manifesto. The manifesto contains details of Labour’s plans for the town if the party gains control of the council in May, which is a real possibility.…

Decisive Win for Labour in Milton Ward By-election

Labour’s Stephen George won the Milton By-election held yesterday (21st March) with a resounding show of confidence from the residents in Southend Labour’s policies and Stephen’s abilities. For a candidate who is not a sitting councillor to achieve 50% of the total vote on a day with a low turnout is an…

Ian Gilbert comments on budget challenges – Leigh Times

In this week’s Leigh Times, Labour Group Leader Ian Gilbert’s column gives an overview of the recent Southend Council budget debate and discusses the challenges faced over the past year and those to come, including the Queensway redevelopment. The full text of Ian’s article is available to read or print from the Leigh…

Kursaal residents’ newsletter

The latest edition of the Kursaal Voice, our regular newsletter to residents of that ward, will be delivered during the next few weeks and a copy is available to download or read on screen by clicking here. This is just one of the means by which councillors and the local party…

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