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The Labour Party has now set out its sexual harassment
policy, along with the procedures on how members can make a confidential
complaint. The Labour Party has a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment
and will take all complaints of this nature extremely seriously.
Labour local politicians dominated Inside Housing’s list
of the 41 most influential people in local
authority housing development – including eight leaders and Mayors,
a Cabinet member, and a Metro Mayor.
Manchester City
Council has committed to delivering
pay protections to its
employees working in the care sector, including paying staff the voluntary living wage and providing occupational sick pay.
Preston City Council’s voluntary
initiative encouraging councils to spend more of their budget locally is
praised in an opinion piece by Alice Thomson in the Times (£).
Islington Council has won the Homes
and Communities Project of the Decade Award for the Bunhill Heat and Power
Network.
A £27.1
million scheme to reduce flood risk to 4,800 properties in Blackpool is
being officially opened by Blackpool Council Cabinet Member for Environmental
Services.
Brighton and Hove Council is investing
in replacement
play equipment and surfacing in park.
New Addington and East Croydon are set to become the latest areas of the
borough to get street vacuums as part of an ongoing
£1.3m Croydon council investment in new cleaning equipment.
Hammersmith
and Fulham Council are inviting traders to get involved in the first-ever Hammersmith Christmas
Market on Saturday 2
December.
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.
A six-week consultation on Cardiff Council's budget
proposals for 2018/19 has begun and residents are being urged
to share their views.
Swansea
Council has teamed up with a charity called Cariad to put defibrillators in place at Langland Bay, Caswell Bay, Knab Rock
and Oystermouth Castle.
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding
to the “Paradise Papers”
Labour MPs call on the Government to
lower voting age to 16
Amber Rudd admits
crime is rising but police numbers are still being cut - Diane Abbott MP
MPs have unanimously passed a Labour motion calling on the Government to share the 58 Brexit
impact studies to a parliamentary select committee
Older people still face
grave uncertainty because of the Tories’ social care policy vacuum - Julie Cooper MP
Ministers have squandered
a real opportunity to curb highly addictive Fixed Odds Betting Terminals -
Tom Watson MP
Paradise
Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth
Benefits
cuts causing surge in demand for children’s services, warn
charities
IFS forecast
that 37 per cent of children will be in relative poverty by 2022 would see all progress made in
the last 20 years undone
Maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals could be reduced to £2
The extension of Right to Buy to housing association
tenants is
experiencing difficulties, with only 55 sales having been completed in a
handful of pilot areas
Public confidence in Universal
Credit will collapse without an urgent £3 billion cash injection to reverse
cuts that are set to leave millions of families worse off
We
mayors need more power to boost growth across Britain
Avoid dangerous illegal fireworks at all
costs, councils and fire authorities warn
Local Housing Allowance freeze risks
'increasing' homelessness for private renters, councils warn
Councils respond to sleep-in back pay
announcement
Councils respond to RAC report on
congestion
LGA responds to TPA report on public
health spending
LGA responds to NHS Digital stats on
deprivation of liberty safeguard assessments
LGA responds to Government announcement on
letting agent fees
LGA responds to Industrial Strategy
Commission's final report
LGA responds to review into lowering
maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals
LGA responds to Government announcement on
funding proposals for supported housing
A group of UKIP councillors have defected
to the Conservative Party to give the Tories control of Great Yarmouth Council
Michael Fallon
has resigned as minister after three years in post
Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment
scandal
By-election results from 2 November 2017:
Sefton
MB, Duke’s
LD 1680 [56.0%; +28.4%]
Con 790 [26.3%; -9.4%]
Lab 417 [13.9%; -2.3%]
UKIP 69 [2.3%; -13.5%]
Grn 45 [1.5%; -3.1%]
Lib Dem gain from Conservative
North
Devon DC, Braunton East
LD 459 [37.1%; +3.0%]
Grn 387 [31.3%; +10.5%]
Con 225 [18.2%; -17.5%]
Lab 165 [13.3%; +6.3%]
TUSC 0 [[0.0%; -2.4%]]
Lib Dem gain from Conservative
Copeland
BC, Egremont South
Lab 354 [52.4%; +9.1%]
Con 321 [47.6%; +23.0%]
Grn 0 [[0.0%; -8.0%]]
Ind 0 [[0.0%; -24.2]]
Labour
hold
Arun DC,
Aldwick West
LD 719 [52.7%; +34.2%]
Con 480 [35.2%; -16.7%]
Lab 112 [8.2%; +8.2%]
Grn 54 [4.0%; +4.0%]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -29.7%]]
Lib Dem gain from Conservative
Buckinghamshire
CC, Beaconsfield
Con
1,298 [81.3%; +11.1%]
LD 299 [18.7%; +2.5%]
Lab 0 [[0.0%; -6.9%]]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -6.7%]]
Conservative hold
South Bucks,
Beaconsfield North
Con 441
[76.4%; -9.7%]
LD 136 [23.6%; +23.6%]
UKIP 0 [0.0%; -13.9%]
Conservative hold
By-elections taking
place on 9 November 2017
Flintshire CC, Buckley
Bistre West
High Peak BC, Limestone
Peak
Wandsworth LBC,
Thamesfield
Camden LB, Gospel Oak
Fareham BC, Stubbington
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