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10 weeks, 10 achievements

Published 22nd August 2019 Ten weeks ago we took control of Southend Council – and we’re already making a difference. Here are ten things our administration is already delivering for Southend: £4.3mn for new council housing Put money in the budget for more street lights Better enforcement for dangerous parking around…

Town centre councillors welcome new anti-social behaviour order

Published 21st August 2019 Labour councillors representing the centre of town have welcomed the new Public Spaces Protection Order to combat antisocial behavior problem areas. The measure will allow on-the-spot fines of up £100 for urination, defecation, spitting or littering in a public place, as well as other antisocial behaviour…

Tree felling put on hold

Published 29th July 2019 When residents raised concerns over the necessity of much of the tree felling that has been carried out and the lack of new planting over recent years, the new council administration asked Cllr Carole Mulroney, Cabinet Member for Environment & Planning, to take a close look…

Plans for cheaper short-term parking in the town centre

Published 24th July 2019 The new administration has committed to bringing back the 1 hour parking band in High Street car parks. We need to follow the proper legal process regarding publication of Traffic Orders and arrange the necessary signs and so on, but we are working as fast as…

Southend is open for all, under the new administration.

Published 23rd July 2019 Under our administration, disabled Blue Badge holders from other local authorities will no longer have to pay for parking. Charging Blue Badge holders was a penny-pinching measure from the Tories: it was discriminatory, ill-thought out and pointless – achieving nothing more than tying up council officers…

Southend Labour march with Southend Pride

Dozens of Labour Party members from all parts of Southend and beyond travelled to Warrior Square yesterday (Saturday 20th July) to show their support for Southend Pride. The Southend Labour banner was just one of many other organisations on display during the traditional march down the High Street, and in…

Councillors condemn “premature and undemocratic” action by health bosses

Published 8th July 2019 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…

Southend Council leader backs LGA climate emergency declaration

Published 4th July 2019 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…

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

At an extraordinary meeting of Southend Borough Council last night (13th June 2019), 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…

Agreement reached to take control of Southend Council

Published 31st May 2019 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…

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