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All the Labour leadership candidates were invited to speak at the Unison annual meeting yesterday in Leeds and take part in a hustings. I was there with Andy Burnham and was really impressed by the level of support he has with many Unison members. Speaking to members there it was obvious the respect and affection Continue reading Andy reconnecting Labour Excellent all member meeting yesterday evening of Elmet and Rothwell Labour Party. Whilst this is a difficult time for us as a party it was great to see members fired up and speaking passionately about the issues that matter to them. Colin Burgon, our retiring MP gave a really interesting speech, I can identify with Continue reading Elmet and Rothwell Labour Party meeting The local election results for the Rothwell ward for 2008 are as follows: Liberal Democrat 2534 Labour 1954 Conservative 706 BNP 625 turnout 37.59% This is the third time I’ve stood for election in Rothwell and the last two times I narrowed the Lib Dem majority and took Labour closer to winning. Both times I lost, fair and square. The voters Continue reading Rothwell local election results 2008, the dirty Lib Dems and the silent Yorkshire Evening Post In today’s Wakefield Express GMI’s decision to withdraw their application for an eco town in our area is reported. The Yorkshire Evening Post have known about this since at least the beginning of the week as I told them, however, the good news has not been reported to residents prior to the local elections today. Continue reading Wakefield Express reports eco town plans scrapped Good news for Carlton, Oulton and Rothwell. The developer that submitted plans for an eco-town last year, GMI, has decided to withdraw the application. A shortlist was drawn up some weeks ago of 15 possible sites and this particular site was rejected and didn’t make the shortlist, which is why GMI have withdrawn their plan Continue reading No Eco town in Rothwell I was very pleased to see in the budget this week that Alistair Darling gave a substantial increase to the winter fuel allowance, £250 from £200 for the over-60s, and from £300 to £400 for those above the age of 80. This will benefit 9 million pensioners. Older people should be valued and the Labour Continue reading Older people benefit from Labour I’m standing as the Labour Party candidate for Rothwell in the forthcoming local elections and there are some really big issues where there is a massive difference between the stand of the Lib Dems, who are the current ward councillors, and myself and the Labour Party. I hope that local people will decide who they Continue reading Tory and Lib Dem cuts hurt older people hard I was interested to read in yesterday’s Guardian about some of Ruth Kelly’s plans for social housing which included helping people onto the housing ladder by giving them the option to buy 10% of their council or housing association home. More interesting is Luke Akehurst’s blog entry having seen Ruth Kelly speak on housing policy Continue reading Prioiritising social housing I’d like to thank the Yorkshire Evening Post for reporting theshocking shortage of affordable housing in Leeds (YEP, January 8). Itis outrageous that Councillor Les Carter dismisses the figures soglibly. Doesn’t he realise that these numbers represent real peoplewho have to live in deplorable circumstances? Families with childrenare forced to camp out in the homes Continue reading My letter to the Yorkshire Evening Post Golton, Stewart – Liberal Democrat 2323 Bruce, Karen – Labour Party 1954 Flynn, Dorothy – Conservative 613 Others – 823 I’d like to thank everyone who turned out to vote for me. It was close and the results clearly demonstrate that the Lib Dem councillors have failed to engage with most local people in Rothwell. I’ll post more later. Now Continue reading Rothwell local election results |
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