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The Association of Labour Councillors (ALC) and LGA
Labour Group Local Government Conference will take place on Friday and Saturday
2/3 February 2018.
This event is an
opportunity for Labour’s local government family to meet and discuss a range of
issues relevant to local government and Labour. In addition to keynote speakers
and plenary sessions, there will be a series of policy and campaigning
workshops. Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP is confirmed to speak along with many other
members of Labour’s front bench team.
The details are:
Friday 2 February 2018
19.30 – 22.30
Drinks reception and dinner
Saturday 3 February 2018
09.00 – 17.00
Local Government Conference
The conference will be held at East Midlands Conference
Centre, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RJ. To book your place please visit
our website. Please note we are only
able to take online bookings with a debit or credit card. Reserve your place now
Accommodation
We are pleased to have a number of rooms on hold at the
Orchard Hotel, adjacent to the conference venue on a first come first served
basis. To book please call the hotel’s
reservations team on 0115 876 0900 and quote LGA 2/218. Single occupancy is £95 + VAT, double occupancy
is £105 + VAT, bed and breakfast. These
are the same prices as two years ago. Please note this is a non-refundable,
non-transferable rate. Rooms not booked by 4 December 2017 will be released, so
please book early to avoid disappointment.
Newly elected councillors
If you are a newly elected councillor, (i.e. elected for
the first time in May 2017 or since in a by-election) you are entitled to a
free conference pass and you will receive an email from the ALC explaining how
to book your place. If you have any queries please email councillors@labour.org.uk for further information. If you
intend to come to the dinner you will need to buy a ticket for that.
Ealing Council
has outlined steps to use anti-social behaviour
legislation to stop
protestors approaching clients attending women’s health clinics.
Tower Hamlets has adopted a Development Viability SPD
that allows transparent scrutiny of all developer deals.
Hounslow Council
has approved a £50 diesel parking surcharge to help tackle air quality concerns.
Rochdale Council is pleased that its spending on adult
social care is staying within budget.
Islington’s Cllr Joe Caluori, lead member for Children
and Young People, warns that the scandal of gangs exploiting young people to
sell drugs across ‘County Lines’ could be
‘the next Rotherham’.
Doncaster Council is planning to fly its flag at
half-mast on 26th October to mark the funeral of ex-Unison general
secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe, who grew up in the town, and are asking other
Labour councils to consider joining them.
Slough Council is intervening to purchase the freehold of a
residential tower that has failed a series of fire safety checks, to protect
the safety of residents.
Swindon has become the latest Labour council to exempt care leavers from
paying council tax.
Councils should be given the power to enforce minimum wage laws in their
area – and they should be allowed to keep any fines, writes Richard Angell on
LabourList.
Security bolstered at Christmas markets amid fears of Berlin-style attack.
New homes could
be built on green belt.
‘No deal’ Brexit could put £500m burden on NHS.
Number of elderly people
becoming homeless more than doubles in seven years.
Austerity blamed for record numbers
of children taken into care.
Hammond: No automatic
funding to councils for fire safety work.
Tory minister Jackie Doyle-Price says that homes ‘aren’t an asset
to give to your children’.
Labour leader of Newport and leader of the Welsh LGA, Cllr
Debbie Wilcox has warned that councils face a ‘war of
attrition’ following the latest Welsh local
government settlement.
Labour-run Cardiff has announced plans for a new
15,000 seater arena.
Labour’s Debbie Abrahams is leading an
Opposition Day Debate on Universal Credit for Wednesday.
New official figures are yet
another indictment of the Tories’
failing housing policy says John Healey.
Barbara Keeley is still seeing no action
from the Tories on the social care crisis.
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech to the Cooperative Party conference.
Nation faces older people homelessness ‘time bomb’ –
councils warn
Spend rising fuel and motoring tax income on improving local
roads - councils urge government
LGA responds
to CQC ‘State of Care’ report
90
children a day entering care - urgent cash injection needed for children's
services
The latest UKIP leader has claimed he could kill a badger with his bare hands. He was
styled as the ‘moderate’ leadership candidate.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon borrowed three of her main campaign
pledges from her local Labour-run council.
By-election results from 12th October 2017:
Wyre BC, Rossall
Lab 610 [50.1%; +12.8%]
Con 427 [35.1%; +5.9%]
Ind 180 [14.8%; +14.8%]
Ind 0 [[0.0%; -19.7%]]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -20.6]]
Labour hold
Warrington UA,
Chapelford & Old Hall
Lab 957 [54.7%; +9.8%]
Con 353 [20.2%; +2.3%]
LD 312 [17.8%;
-3.2%]
UKIP 86 [4.9%; -5.1%]
Grn 43 [2.5%; -3.7%]
Labour hold
Wakefield MB,
Stanley & Outwood
Lab 1,353 [51.0%; +2.4%]
Con 847 [31.9%; +7.3%]
LD 165 [6.2%; +2.3%]
Yorkshire 153 [5.8%; +5.8%]
UKIP 136 [5.1%; -16.4%]
TUSC 0 [0.0%; -1.3%]
Labour hold
Ashfield DC,
Hucknall North
Ind 1329 [51.1%; +38.4%]
Lab 629 [24.2%; -6.5%]
Con 532 [20.4%; -10.6%]
UKIP 66 [2.5%; -15.7%]
LD 46 [1.8%; +1.8%]
Grn 0 [[0.0%; -7.4%]]
Independent gain from Lab
Tamworth BC,
Bolehall
Lab 643 [53.4%; +3.9%]
Con 561 [46.6%; +22.2%]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -26.1%]]
Labour hold
Three Rivers DC,
Oxhey Hall & Hayling
LD 672 [41.3%; -6.5%]
Con 461 [28.3%; +2.8%]
Lab 428 [26.3%; +8.8%]
UKIP 35 [2.2%; -7.0%]
Grn 31 [1.9%; 1.9%]
Lib Dem gain from
Conservative
Sheffield MB,
Beighton
Lab 1640 [48.6%; +5.2%]
LD 899 [26.6%; +21.0%]
Con 552 [16.3%; -0.8%]
UKIP 212 [6.3%; -19.2%]
Grn 74 [2.2%; -3.1%]
TUSC 0 [[0.0%; -3.1%]]
Labour hold
And one result from 5th October that
was not included last week:
Cheshire East UA,
Crewe East
Lab 1174 [60.7%; +14.8]
Con 542 [28.0%; +6.2]
UKIP 158 [8.2%; -14.7]
Grn 59 [3.1%; -6.4]
Labour hold
There are 8 by-elections
taking place on Thursday 19th October 2017:
Epping
Forest DC, Lower Sheering
Gravesham
BC, Meopham North
Hartlepool
UA, Seaton
City of
Lincoln DC, Carholme
Wigan
MB, Astley Moseley Common
Nottingham
UA, Basford
Nottingham
UA, Bestwood
Nottingham
UA, Bulwell Forest
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