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Bradford Labour councillors have voted to end grouse shooting on Ilkley
Moor.
Labour leaders in the West Midlands have blocked Tory Metro Mayor Andy Street from
increasing council tax by £10 a year.
Islington Labour have delivered another 16 new council homes towards
their target of 500.
Labour leaders in Birmingham have accused Sajid Javid of breaking his promise to help councils make tower blocks safe.
Labour councils including Newcastle, Blackpool, Reading and North
Tyneside are mentioned positively in a Polly Toynbee feature on
in-sourcing.
Camden’s Cllr Adam Harrison writes about the Labour Campaign for the Single Market.
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.
Newly elected Councillors are entitled to a free
conference pass. You should have received 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.
Swansea is boosting
living standards for hundreds of tenants in Swansea through energy
efficiency improvement works.
Bridgend Council has welcomed a
grant for a project that will pump
naturally-heated water from an old coal mine and use it to heat 150 homes.
It should shame
Ministers that only three tower blocks with dangerous cladding have been replaced – John Healey MP.
Debbie Abrahams
MP responds to Government announcement not to appeal High Court PIP judgement.
Stonewall’s
findings are deeply concerning. Transphobia is not OK and will never be OK – Dawn Butler MP.
A victory for
everyone who has campaigned to protect live music - Tom Watson MP.
Jonathan Ashworth
MP’s response to the National Audit Office’s report on sustainability and
transformation in the NHS.
Gritters readied for big freeze and
snowfall
Public 'the first line of defence' to
tackle modern slavery amid rise in potential victims
LGA responds to NAO report on sustainability
and transformation in the NHS
Councils win backing to help protect live
music venues
LGA responds to Which? report on private
care home providers
One in 10 new homes was a former office
LGA responds to RAC foundation analysis on
condition of council-maintained road bridges
National database of product recalls
needed for faulty electrical goods
LGA on Treasury Committee call to abolish
housing borrowing cap
LGA responds Government announcement
creating Office for Product Safety and Standards
‘Vasectomies are
free’: Tory party's new vice chair urged jobless to stop having kids.
UKIP leader hit with ‘No Confidence’ vote from his own
National Executive.
Boris Johnson's English Channel bridge idea the
latest in a long list of wacky proposals.
Leaders demand inquiry into why Tory Government gave stricken Carillion £1.6
billion in contracts.
By-election results from 18 January 2018
Rochford DC, Downhall and Rawreth
LD 794 [77.0%; +16.6%]
Con 237 [23.0%; +6.4%]
Lab 0 [[0%; -7.9%]]
Residents 0 [[0%; -15.2%]]
Lib Dem hold
Milton Keynes UA, Newport Pagnell North and
Hanslope
Con 1604 [53.0%; +5.2%]
Lab 749 [24.8%; +4.0%]
LD 672 [22.2%; +3.7%]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -12.9%]]
Conservative hold
Bournemouth UA, Throop & Muscliff
Ind 533 [31.3%; -4.1%]
Con 511 [30.0%; +0.8%]
Lab 402 [23.6%; +13.1%]
Ind 117 [6.9%; +6.9%]
LD 107 [6.3%; +6.3%]
Grn 33 [0.8%; -5.3%]
UKIP 0 [[0%; -15.5%]]
Independent hold
Bolton MB, Hulton
Con 1455 [49.4%; +16.7%]
Lab 1179 [40.1%; +3.0%]
UKIP 190 [6.5%; -18.0%]
LD 67 [2.3%; -0.2%]
Grn 52 [1.8%; -1.5%]
Conservative gain from
Labour
By-elections taking
place on 25 January 2018
Isle of Wight UA,
Central Wight
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