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Southend Labour slam Tory delay on safety team

The Labour Group on Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has criticised the Conservatives for delaying investment in community safety. Southend Labour welcomed a proposal by the Conservative administration to invest £250,000 in a larger Community Safety Team, but have questioned why the Conservatives rejected this proposal at the budget meeting in February,…

Labour fired up for the May local elections

On Saturday 31st March, Southend Labour launched its manifesto for the Southend Council elections in May. This event took place in the Jubilee Room at the Civic Centre and was attended by members and supporters, including several of the candidates as well as current councillors. Labour will be fielding a…

Further threats to Southend Hospital

Southend Labour members and councillors were proud to march with fellow residents, NHS staff members and comrades from Trades Unions and other organisations today (27th January) in support of the Save Southend NHS Campaign. Last year an enormous amount of public and political pressure forced the authorities to back down on proposals…

Party Political Broadcast – NHS

Labour’s latest party political broadcast was shown this evening, 17th January, on ITV1 (6.25pm) and BBC1 (6.55pm) and focused on the NHS. Doctors, nurses (including a local Labour Party member, Katie) and other NHS staff spoke movingly and with passion about their experiences and the strains the health service is…

Peafowl in Chalkwell Park

Last year Councillor Julian Ware-Lane (Labour, Milton ward) raised the issue of the four adult peafowl caged in Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea. He questioned the suitability of their accommodation and wanted them re-housed. (http://awordfromwier.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-welfare-of-chalkwell-park-peacocks.html). Cllr Ware-Lane had a number of people contact him on this issue, all wanting the animal cruelty he…

£50m funding cuts and Tory austerity are damaging young people’s access to mental health services

This year’s Young Labour Priority Campaign is on young people’s mental health services. Funding cuts and Tory austerity are damaging young people’s access to mental health services. Since 2010, young people’s mental health services have been cut by £50m. Data obtained between 2005-2010, prior to cuts, shows that service contact…

Sir David Amess criticises victims of alleged sexual abuse

Sir David Amess, MP for Southend West, has made extraordinary remarks published in the Echo relating to recent allegations against US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and commented disparagingly on claims by other victims of alleged sexual abuse. Now he’s trying to deny saying them. Ashley Dalton, Chair of the Southend Labour Party’s…

Future IVF availability in Southend under threat

The Southend Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is planning to remove NHS funded IVF treatment for infertile couples, except in exceptional circumstances, against the guidelines of the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) which state that three rounds of treatment should be available. This is in contrast to Clinical…

More concerns about Southend High Street Post Office

Milton Ward Councillor Julian Ware-Lane has previously expressed concerns about the move to the High Street Post Office into the W H Smith shop, commenting that it concerned him for various reason; not least because he could foresee issues with access. This move has happened last year, with mixed views…

Labour’s Ashley Dalton hails STP U-turn on Southend A&E

After a sustained campaign and significant political pressure, today the Mid and South Essex Success Regime has announced plans to centralise three A&E departments at Basildon hospital have been scrapped for the short term. The new, revised model will enable Basildon, Broomfield and Southend Hospitals to continue to receive ‘blue…

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