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.
New fleet of £500,000 zero-emission buses coming to Birmingham.
Sheffield signs up to the Ethical
Care Charter,
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Homeless people in Manchester can now access the city's library books and computers after a project by homeless
charity Lifeshare and Manchester City Council. Islington Council has called for diesel
vehicles to be banned in London by 2025 in response to the Mayor of
London’s Transport Strategy consultation.
St Helens Council
buys Church Square shopping
centre for £26.6m as part of its regeneration plans.
Blackpool's
iconic seafront gets £27.1
million flood defence system.
Cardiff pledges to become an Urban Veg Pioneer
New guidance on link between councils and Welsh
Government
John McDonnell
MP responds
to IFS research on public finances ahead of the Budget.
Labour
has forced Theresa May to backtrack on ill-conceived plans for supported
housing - John Healey MP.
Barbara Keeley
MP says Jeremy Hunt’s remarks bear no
resemblance to the reality of our mental health services.
Next
month’s budget must address unprecedented workforce crisis in our NHS - Jonathan Ashworth MP.
Conservative-led
governments have made it easier for tax avoiders to duck their obligations - John McDonnell MP.
Debbie Abrahams
MP - Fall in earnings shows this Government has fundamentally
failed working people.
Melanie Onn MP – Labour will fight to make sure tenants’
voices are heard.
Hammond faces
spending dilemma,
says IFS.
A&E wait
times of more than four hours to
affect a million more people.
Westminster
harassment: Andrea Leadsom to set out action plan.
Grenfell takes a huge
toll on mental health with biggest mental health response of its kind in
Europe.
Leisure centres could be forced to close without government
investment
LGA responds to CQC children’s mental health report
LGA responds to Which? research on care home choice
Fire service funding needs to address increased 'elderly
risk' factor
LGA responds to social care spending figures
Local Housing Allowance: Councils respond to PM announcement
LGA responds to new litter-tackling powers announced by
Defra
RAC Foundation report on penalty notices - LGA response
MP sex pest scandal: 36 Tories named over sexual misconduct allegations in Tory
spreadsheet of shame.
Tory
minister 'admits making aide buy adult toys amid
Westminster harassment scandal'.
Tory
MP Bob Blackman hosts anti-Muslim nationalist in parliament.
Black feminist campaigner alleges Ukip press officer made offensive comments
to her. Ex-UKIP donor Arron Banks in Rochester by-election expenses row.
By-election results from 26 October 2017:
Tameside MB, Droylsden
East Lab 1064 [60.3%; +8.9%] Con 577 [32.7%; +23.6%] LD 63
[3.6%; +3.6%] Green 60 [3.4%; -2.5%] UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -32.5%]] Ind 0 [[0.0%; -5.7%]] Labour hold
Charnwood BC,
Loughborough Hastings (2 seats) Lab 676 [63.1%; +17.7%] Lab 648 Con 228 [21.3%; -2.1%] UKIP 95 [8.9%; -8.3%] UKIP 79 Green 73 [6.8%; -7.3%] Green 58 [5.6%; -8.5%] Lab hold x2
Derbyshire Dales DC, Ashbourne
South Con 495 [46.2%; -9.1%] LD [31.2%; +31.2%] Lab 242 [22.6%; -1.9%] Grn 0 [0.0%; -21.7%] Conservative
hold
Herefordshire UA, Kings
Acre Con 302 [38.5%; +38.5%] Ind 156 [20.6%; +20.6] IOC 162 [19.9%; -30.2%] LD 90 [11.5%; -21.9%] Lab 75 [9.6%; +9.6%] Conservative gain
Kirklees MB, Batley East Lab 2640 [77.0%; +7.2%] Con 443 [12.9%; -1.0%] Ind 140 [4.1%; +4.1%] LD 136 [4.0%; -1.5%] Grn 70 [2.0%; -2.2] Ind 0 [[0.0; -10.2]] Labour hold
Mid Sussex DC, East
Sussex Imberhorne Con 540 [58.5%; -2.0%] LD 206 [22.3%; +22.3%] Lab 110 [11.9%; -8.7%] Ind 67 [7.3%; +7.3%] UKIP 0 [0.0%; -18.8%] Conservative hold
There are 6 by-elections taking
place on Thursday 2nd November 2017:
Arun DC, Aldwich West Buckinghamshire CC, Beaconsfield Copeland BC, Egremont South North Devon DC, Braunton East Sefton MB, Duke’s South Bucks, Beaconsfield North
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