Following a meeting of councillors this evening (Thursday 20 September), Basildon Labour regrets to announce that Cllr Adele Brown has made the difficult decision to step down as leader of the Labour Group due to health reasons. (more…)
Housing is a key issue for local people and the issue of housing is something that Basildon Labour takes extremely seriously. Here is what we have achieved in the last year of running Basildon Council: We introduced the Keyworker Housing Scheme, meaning that doctors, nurses, teachers, police officers and firefighters Read more…
If you are wondering who to vote for in Basildon then this top ten list is for you! So here we go the top TEN reasons why you should vote for Labour in Basildon:
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It is fair to say, after speaking to thousands of local Basildon residents, we have found one of the communities number one issues is crime. We have seen The Conservative Party cut police numbers by almost 20,000 and decimate policing budget. We at Basildon Labour believe in common sense politics Read more…
In May 2017 the Labour Party took back control of Basildon Council. After 15 years of the Conservatives protecting Billericay at the expense of the rest of the borough, it was time to level the playing field. Over the last 9 months your Labour Councillors have been working harder than Read more…
Basildon Labour councillors voted unanimously AGAINST any plans to introduce a congestion charge in Basildon. (more…)
"We are proud to live in a diverse and tolerant society. Racism, xenophobia and hate crimes have no place in our country. We Basildon Borough Council condemn racism, xenophobia and hate crimes unequivocally. We will not allow hate to become acceptable. Basildon Borough Council will work to ensure local bodies and programmes have support and resources needed to fight and prevent racism and xenophobia. We reassure all people living in Basildon Borough Council that they are valued members of our community.” (more…)
Morrisons’ has once again announced a disappointing set of financial results. We now hear that the company’s pre-tax losses have deepened to £792m increasing from £176m only a year ago. Add to that a fall in sales by 5.9% in the year to February. The supermarket has announced as a result of this poor set of results they intend to close 23 stores and cut 300 jobs. This is the company’s worst set of results for 8 years. (more…)
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Andrew Buxton (right) with parliamentary candidate Mike Le Surf[/caption]
Local resident Andrew Buxton has been chosen by local Labour members to be the candidate for St. Martin’s ward at the Borough elections on May 7. Andrew has lived in Basildon all his life.
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Basildon Hospital has broken the news that it faces a £20million blackhole in this financial year. Basildon and Billericay candidate Gavin Callaghan responds: Mike Le-Surf and I warned in September 2014 that if the hospital did not tackle the rising cost of agency staff and our local MPs did not Read more…