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All rough sleepers in Southend housed

All Southend-on-Sea rough sleepers have been provided emergency accommodation in hotels as part of the coordinated approach to tackle coronavirus. The hard work has been ongoing by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s housing and homelessness teams, along with local homeless charities and community support services, and these measures come into immediate effect after…

Coronavirus – do you need help with shopping, etc?

Here at Southend Labour we know that local people are worried about the effects of Covid-19 / Coronavirus and how they will manage. We have a group of Labour members able to offer help and support to people across Southend who are self-isolating or finding it hard to manage. If…

Fossetts Farm Planning Application

The Southend Labour Party supports the development of social housing at the previously NHS owned land at Fossetts Farm. The current owners, Homes England, has now submitted a planning application to Southend Borough Council which includes only a small number of “affordable homes” and no provision for social housing. We…

Local Elections postponed to 2021

Local and mayoral elections in England will be postponed for a year to May 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Southend Borough Council Budget 2020

Budget headlines · This is a budget that invests in the people who need it most, that delivers sustainable improvements in services to the elderly, disabled and vulnerable children. · This is a budget that delivers investment on core priorities – housing, the environment and our roads and pavements. · …

Better Queensway Briefing – statement by the Labour Leader of the Council – Councillor Ian Gilbert

This development will deliver better housing, a better environment and better lives for residents. But to make sure the focus remains on those people who need help most, it will require continued Labour leadership. I can only do that with your continued help and support. I have always made clear…

Aston Line selected as Southend West Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.

On the evening of Friday 25th October, local business manager, Aston Line, was selected as Southend West constituency’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party. Aston said, “It goes without saying that I am absolutely delighted that Party members have put their faith in me to represent them in the…

Council declares ‘Climate Emergency’

At its meeting on Tuesday 17th September, Southend Council’s Cabinet declared a climate emergency in response to a motion put by Labour councillors Matt Dent and Kay Mitchell. Southend Council will now be adopting radical policies to move to carbon neutrality by 2030. That may seem a fairly long timescale,…

Southend protests against Boris Johnson’s prorogation

Southend Labour Party organised a public protest in Victoria Plaza on the evening of Tuesday 3rd September. This was part of a series of protests, held in many towns and cities across the nation, against Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament and therefore deny MPs the democratic right to properly…

Labour activists hold beach clean to raise community awareness

Labour councillors and activists in Southend town centre yesterday evening held a beach clean at City Beach, to address the state that the beach has been left in through the summer tourist season, and raise awareness of the need to leave it in a cleaner state at the end of…

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