Local Elections postponed to 2021 Published 13th March 2020 Local and mayoral elections in England will be postponed for a year to May 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more →
Southend Borough Council Budget 2020 Published 21st February 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… Read more →
Better Queensway Briefing – statement by the Labour Leader of the Council – Councillor Ian Gilbert Published 20th February 2020 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… Read more →
Lockdown & Covid-19 Updated 14th January 2021, first published 27th March 2020 For the latest information on local testing locations and how to book an appointment / request a home test kit please click here and scroll down / follow the links on that page. The government’s lockdown restrictions (what you can an… Read more →
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… Read more →
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,… Read more →
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… Read more →
Labour activists hold beach clean to raise community awareness Published 28th August 2019 Labour councillors and activists in Southend 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… Read more →
Councillor Kevin Robinson on ideas for the High Street Labour’s Kevin Robinson, Cabinet Member for Business, Culture & Tourism, was interviewed on Radio Essex today (Friday 23rd August) discussing ideas for Southend High Street and the various challenges it’s facing. The interview is available to listen to on the Essex Radio website. Kevin’s radio interview about the seafront with BBC… Read more →
Council plans to cut housing waiting list Housing update, published 22nd August 2019 The Labour-led Southend Council administration has set up an acquisitions programme using £4.3mn of right-to-but receipts and capital surpluses to buy homes for allocation as social housing. The income from the rents will give a ‘revolving investment fund’, which will finance a range of other… Read more →