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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.
Walthamstow Wetlands, Europe’s largest urban wetland reserve,
is ready to open to the public following £10.6m investment supported by Waltham
Forest Council
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees publishes top 100 achievements since
taking office
Islington Council launches its non-for-profit
energy company providing an alternative to the “Big Six”
Newcastle City Council has been selected as one of the
first four local authorities in the UK to join forces with Unicef to become a Child Friendly City
The Economist’s coverage of Preston Council’s
interesting approach to procurement
Councillor Brigid Jones has been elected as the new Deputy Leader of Birmingham City
Council
Children in care are being praised after ‘smashing learning goals’ within
Wolverhampton City’s classrooms
Salford City Council has announced an ambitious plan to get
almost 8,000 'digitally excluded' residents online and confident about using
technology within two years
Not for
profit energy provider The LECCY, supported by Liverpool City Council, has launched cheaper winter tariffs to help Liverpool residents save money on their fuel
bills
Councillor Nick Forbes: ‘Universal Credit is
returning my city to the days of Cathy Come Home’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announces new T-Charge with aim to cut
pollution in the capital
The children in care left without a
school place
Borrow more to boost housing, says Sajid Javid
Houses
are taking longer to build, partly due to cuts in council planning
departments - LGA quoted refuting this
Childcare costs for young children have risen up to seven times faster
than wages since 2008
Universal
Credit helpline charges to be scrapped
Worst-performing schools lose most in
education cuts
Torfaen Council has become the first local authority in
Wales to exempt care leavers from council tax up to the
age of 21
Cardiff Council is to buy a piece of land neighbouring
Clwb Ifor Bach in a bid to protect the street’s live music heritage
Jeremy Corbyn MP on how Labour will slash energy, water and post
bills through public ownership
John McDonnell MP responding to reports linking British
banks to money laundering activity in South
Africa
Danger for people facing catastrophic long-term care costs isn’t over
- Barbara Keeley MP
John Healey MP, responding to Sajid Javid’s refusal to fund the retro-fitting of
sprinklers in high-rise buildings
Labour motion calling for pause to Universal Credit
unanimously approved by the House of Commons - Debbie Abrahams MP
Tory cuts to police “have left
our communities exposed” - Diane Abbott MP
LGA
responds to child gambling advertising crackdown
Return to
Social Work programme launched to retrain 100 social workers
LGA
responds to LGO report on Education, Health and Care Plans
LGA
responds to Confused.com research on potholes
LGA responds
to latest childhood obesity figures
LGA
responds to fly-tipping statistics
LGA
responds to Age UK delayed transfers of care figures
Councils
respond to IFG public spending performance trackers
Councils
need more funding to protect against big rise in cyber attacks
LGA
statement on Number 10 housing summit
Tory election candidate thinks his drunk and disorderly conviction means he
"represents reality"
UKIP’s new leader, Henry Bolton, has revealed that he
will sell his home in order
to finance his leadership
By-election results from 19 October 2017:
Nottingham
UA, Bulwell Forest
Lab 1420 [54.5%; +8.2%]
Con 966 [37.1%; +17.3%]
UKIP 141 [5.3%; -14.7%]
Grn 52 [2.0%; -5.6%]
LD 31 [1.2%; -3.1%]
Labour
hold
Nottingham
UA, Bestwood
Lab 1280 [65.1%; +9.5%]
UKIP 301 [14.2%; -7.7%]
Con 297 [14.0%; -1.8%]
LD 57 [2.7%; +2.7%]
Grn 50 [2.4%; -4.3%]
BPE 30 [1.6%; +1.6%]
Labour
hold
Nottingham
UA, Basford
Lab 1409 [68.2%; +21.4%]
Con 408 [19.7%; -1.1%]
UKIP 119 [5.8%; -11.0%]
Grn 81 [3.9%; -8.8%]
LD 49 [2.4%; +2.4%]
Labour
hold
Wigan MB,
Astley Moseley Common
Lab 773 [46.0%; -5.3%]
Con 604 [35.9%; +11.4%]
UKIP 185 [11.0%; -13.2%]
LD 73 [4.3%; +4.3%]
Grn 46 [2.7%; +2.7%]
Labour
hold
City of
Lincoln DC, Carholme
Lab 922 [63.4%; +6.3%]
Con 368 [25.3%; +5.2%]
Grn 83 [5.7%; -8.5%]
LD 82 [5.6%; -2.9%]
Labour
hold
Hartlepool
UA, Seaton
PHF 474 [31.6%; +3.2%]
Ind 425 [28.3%; +2.1%]
Lab 275 [18.3%; +3.8%]
Con 180 [12.0%; +6.0%]
UKIP 148 [9.9%; -13.5%]
Putting Hartlepool First gain
from Independent
Gravesham
BC, Meopham North
Con 721 [64.0%; +2.9%]
LD 192 [17.0%; +17.0%]
Lab 155 [13.8%; -1.8%]
UKIP 59 [5.2%; -18.2%]
Conservative hold
Epping
Forest DC, Lower Sheering
Con 220 [80.9; +11.0%]
LD 52 [19.1; +19.1%]
Lab 0 [[0.0; -30.1%]
Conservative hold
There are 6 by-elections taking
place on Thursday 26th October 2017:
Tameside MB, Droylsden
East
Charnwood BC,
Loughborough Hastings (2 seats)
Derbyshire Dales DC,
Ashbourne South
Herefordshire UA, Kings
Acre
Kirklees MB, Batley East
Mid Sussex DC, East Sussex Imberhorne
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