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Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre to re-open

Published 21st August 2020 Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre is set to welcome visitors back through its doors from Tuesday 1st September, with the council having agreed to support centre operators Fusion Lifestyle until the end of the financial year. This support has been agreed so that people can access…

Councillor boosts the “Don’t Visit Southend” message

Matt Dent, Councillor for Kursaal Ward, was invited onto Vanessa Feltz’s show on BBC Radio London this morning (Friday 22nd May) to speak about the situation around Southend seafront this bank holiday weekend. Matt says: “My message to the show’s listeners was simple and straightforward: Southend will still be here when COVID-19…

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 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…

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…

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…