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 Monday 08 May 2012 The Labour Party has gained two seats on Pendle Borough Council.  Mohammad Hanif was elected in Reedley, defeating the Conservative Candidate and Ian Tweedie won the Vivary Bridge seat which had previously been held by a Liberal Democrat. Labour held Southfield (Cllr Sheila Wicks), Cloverhill (Cllr Eileen Ansar), Walverden (Cllr Abdul Aziz), Brierfield (Cllr Naeem Ashraf), Bradley (Cllr Mohammad Sakib). We thank everyone who took the time to vote for our candidates. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 13 April 2012 Labour’s Marsden Ward candidate given a helping hand by visiting supporters  Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, brought a band of young volunteers to help Azhar Ali’s campaign in Marsden ward on 11 April. Together with Nelson Councillors and the Marsden team, over 20 people canvassed the Oxford road and Glenfield Road areas. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Monday 09 April 2012  ..so that millionaires can pay less Following the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government’s budget: Families on £20.000 will lose £253 a year. This is on top of the VAT rise which is costing families an average of £450 a year. 4.4 million Pensioners will lose an average £83 a year. People turning 65 next year will lose most, up to £322. 14,000 millionaires to get a tax cut worth over £40.000 a year each. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 06 April 2012 Housing and 'Green Spaces' around Waterside - YouTube Video  An opportunity to watch Ian Graham commenting on some of the problems in Waterside. The video was made by a Pendle-Marl Twinning Committee visitor who was also concerned about what's going on in Waterside. Wednesday 28 March 2012 Monday 19 March 2012 Fund Raising Dinner  Stephen Twigg MP, hosted a Labour Party fundraising dinner in Brierfield Community Centre Friday night 16th March 2012. Stephen is Labour Shadow Education Secretary and Honorary President of the Progress Group within Labour. Stephen spoke at length about his time as Shadow Secretary of State for Education. He said how proud he was of Labour’s Surestart and the Building Schools for the Future programmes as well as Labour’s pioneering work introducing Academies and Free Schools. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Thursday 15 March 2012 Public meeting called over the future of NHS in Pendle  A PUBLIC meeting is set to be held in Nelson’s ACE Centre later this month with speakers addressing the government’s Health Service “reforms”. The meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on the evening of the 27th March will give concerned members of the public an opportunity to hear specialist speakers and debate the way forward for the health service. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Monday 05 March 2012 8,000 + petition campaign wins the battle to save Pendle Community Hospital  The 'Save Pendle Community Hospital Campaigners' are claiming victory in their battle to save Pendle Community Hospital. On Monday night at Pendle Council's Scrutiny Committee meeting Tim Mansfield from East Lancashire PCT confirmed that Pendle Community Hospital would remain open, as 3 years of transitional funding had been secured to keep the inpatient beds at the hospital. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 02 March 2012 Molly Short Obituary  Pendle Labour Party mourns the loss of Molly Short. Mollie Short was a staunch Labour Party supporter. Mollie originally from Accrington, moved to Colne when her father obtained work with the Co-operative Society. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Thursday 01 May 2012 A message of thanks from Ian Graham  I would like to thank every one who braved the elements on Wednesday 22nd February to attend the Public Meeting that I called to oppose the proposed housing development on the land adjacent to Knotts Mount in Colne. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Thursday 01 March 2012 Letter to Nelson Leader Colne Times series from Mark Porter  I write in response to Mr G Metcalfe’s letter (“Football crazy”) published in this paper on 24th February. I feel that though he did not appear to be disagreeing with Sue Nike he fundamentally missed the point. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Wednesday 29 February 2012 MP challenged to an urgent debate on the state of the NHS  Former Chair of Burnley NHS Trust and a leading health campaigner has responded to the accusations from Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle by challenging him to a public debate at a venue and time he chooses to discuss the disastrous Health and Social Care Bill that is going through Parliament at the moment and the way our local NHS is suffering with a huge loss of experienced clinicians and staff. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 24 February 2012 Andrew Stephenson votes to keep the “NHS Risk Report” secret Pendle CLP very much regret that Andrew Stephenson has voted to keep his constituents in the dark about the risks related to the controversial Health and Social Care Bill. We ask, what have Cameron and Lansley got to hide by refusing to publish this report and why has the Pendle MP aided and abetted them? Friday 17 February 2012 Community leaders seek public apology from MP for deception over return of 'Blue Light Services" to Burnley General Hospital  Health campaigners in Burnley and Pendle are calling on Gordon Birtwistle MP to own up to gross exaggeration in his announcement before Christmas of a new A&E unit for Burnley General Hospital. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Wednesday 15 February 2012 Campaigner calls for action plan on empty homes  Local community campaigner and former Marsden Councillor, Azhar Ali has launched a campaign to raise the issue of empty homes in the Marsden Ward of Nelson. The number of empty homes are increasing in Pendle and particularly in parts of Nelson. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> 
Wednesday 15 February 2012 Changes to working tax credit rules  Changes to eligibility rules for the working tax credit, first announced by George Osborne in the 2010 spending review and due to come into force on 6 April 2012, mean 865 Pendle households with parents in part-time work are set to lose around £4,000 a year unless they can significantly increase their working hours. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Wednesday 15 February 2012 Keep Gib Hill green A public Meeting will take place at Primet Community Centre on 22nd February 2012 to discuss the future of Gib Hill. The meeting starts at 6.00pm. Ian Graham is leading the campaign to keep Gib Hill green. Ian says: “For the last 20 years Pendle Labour Party, along with local residents’ support, have successfully kept developers from building on the only green lung between Nelson and Colne.” You can join the campaign by attending the meeting (download poster PDF 108KB) and asking friends to sign the petition (download petition PDF 215KB) Monday 06 February 2012 Eric Cockerill Obituary  Pendle Labour Party mourns the loss of Labour Party member Eric Cockerill. Eric received a debilitating injury during the second World War (1939-1945) and was a prisoner of the Japanese in the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. Eric is probably best remembered for his commitment to the Royal British Legion, serving as President of the Barnoldswick branch for many years. We must never forget the the debt that our society owes to people like Eric and all those other service men and women, both past and present, who risked/risk all, serving on our behalf. Friday 03 February 2012 Bankers' Greed under the Spotlight  At Barrowford Labour Party’s January meeting, Mark Porter, a local trade union and party activist, led a robust discussion on the current Banker’s Pay dispute. He said that, while difficult economic times meant uncertainty for millions of people, there was one constant that could be relied upon; the Banker’s Bonus. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 20 January 2012 Parents oppose plans to move Nelson primary school to Brierfield – pendletoday.co.uk  The proposed closure of a Nelson primary school and the building of a replacement in Brierfield has been given an unanimous thumbs down at a public meeting. Parents, governors, local councillors and concerned community members expressed their anger at the way Lancashire County Council and management at St Paul’s CE Primary School had dealt with the consultation process, and voiced their opposition to the planned move of the school to the former Mansfield High School site in Brierfield. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Friday 20 January 2012 An evening with Stephen Twigg MP, Shadow Education Secretary.  Pendle Labour Party is holding a fundraising curry night on Thursday 16 February at the Palatine Club, Norfolk Street, Nelson. Guest speaker is Stephen Twigg, Shadow Secretary of State for Education. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Wednesday 18 January 2012 Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Launch Safer Day  Pendle Labour Party welcome the initative of LFRS to make homes safer. In Lancashire the numbers of house fires and injuries from fires are at their lowest recorded levels ever. Despite this, six people have tragically died in their homes over the last month. As part of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s response, the Service will hold a high profile Smoke Alarm Fire Education Roadshow (SAFER) at every Fire Station in Lancashire on Saturday 21st January 2012 between 11am and 5pm. The campaign will see all fire stations open to the public who are invited to come along to collect a free 10 year smoke alarm and fire safety guidance, as well as having the opportunity to book a free Home Fire Safety Check. For more information visit http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/ Saturday 14 January 2012 Barrowford Labour Party stalwart retires  Douglas Barber, a long-standing Labour Party activist, has retired as branch treasurer after 15 years of keeping the books in order. A social evening was held at the Bombay Lounge in Barrowford with friends from across Pendle in attendance to thank Douglas for all his hard work over many years. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>> Archived
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 Click here for the latest national Labour Party news Add the RSS feed to your desktop Saturday 19 May 2012 Time to end 'Camerkozy' economics  Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in an article in today's Financial Times, argues that the complacency of “Camerkozy” economics has meant David Cameron's error has been replicated across our continent. More>> Friday 18 May 2012 Increase in number of patients who waited longer than 18 weeks for treatment is another sign of an NHS slipping backwards  Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to the publication of new NHS figures this morning showing a 39 per cent increase in the number of patients who waited over 18 weeks for treatment, said: “This worrying increase in the number of patients who waited longer than 18 weeks for treatment is another sign of an NHS slipping backwards. More>> Thursday 17 May 2012 David Cameron promised recovery and he has delivered recession - Ed Miliband  Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, commenting on David Cameron’s speech today, said: “David Cameron isn’t part of the solution, he’s part of the problem. “He promised recovery and he has delivered recession. “All of Europe’s leaders – including David Cameron – bear responsibility for the fact that over the last two years they haven’t solved the problems of the Eurozone and they haven’t had a proper plan for growth and jobs. “Sometimes listening to the Prime Minister, he’s like a man watching events. He’s the Prime Minister, he should be getting in there and getting it sorted.” . Wednesday 16 May 2012 Home Secretary has lost the respect and support of thousands of police officers - Cooper  Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, responding to Theresa May's speech to the Police Federation today, said: "It is clear that the Home Secretary has lost the respect and support of thousands of police officers across the country who want to do their job and keep us safe. More>> Tuesday 15 May 2012 Ed Miliband’s new frontbench team Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, has today announced changes to his frontbench team. Jon Cruddas is to become Coordinator of the Labour Party Policy Review. Ed Miliband will recommend to the National Policy Forum that Angela Eagle becomes its new chair. Owen Smith is to replace Peter Hain as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales. Andrew Adonis will advise the Policy Review on areas of Labour’s industrial strategy. More>> Monday 14 May 2012 The whole point of the Director General of the BBC is that they are neutral - Harman  Harriet Harman MP, Labour's Shadow Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Secretary, responding to Boris Johnson’s column where he writes that the next Director General of the BBC should be a Tory, said: "The importance of the BBC to Britain today is hard to overstate, and it is so trusted because it reports politics impartially. The whole point of the Director General of the BBC is that they are neutral. "But just as Boris Johnson thinks he can interfere with the police, he clearly thinks he can interfere with the BBC. "Boris Johnson should keep out of it." . Sunday 13 May 2012 The truth is it's Ministers who need to 'work harder' - at getting an economy that promotes growth and creates jobs - Dugher  Responding to William Hague’s comments that the people of Britain should work harder, Michael Dugher, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister said: "The Conservatives said after the local elections that they had got the message. Instead, these out of touch Government Ministers are burying their heads in the sand and just want to blame everybody else for the fact their economic plan has failed. More>> Thursday 10 May 2012 Prime Minister personally derided a policy they’re now defending - Jim Murphy  Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, responding in the House of Commons on the Joint Strike Fighter programme and aircraft carriers, said: Thank you Mr Speaker and thank you to the Secretary of State for his statement. Let me start by saying that when the Government do the right thing on defence they will have the support of these benches. More>> Wednesday 09 May 2012 Where are Queen's Speech measures to boost business and employment? - Umunna  Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on business measures in the Queen’s Speech, said: “As Business Secretary Vince Cable has said, the Government lacks the compelling vision we need to get our economy growing again. Nothing in today’s piecemeal Queen’s Speech changes this and at a time when the Government’s failed policies have pushed the economy into recession and when business insolvencies have risen sharply, businesses are asking: where are the measures to give them the help they need to grow and boost employment? More>> Tuesday 08 May 2012 We need answers - not excuses - from this Tory-led Government - Miliband Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, speaking in Harlow today, said: "The reason I came here today, the first day back at work after the election results on Friday, is that the campaign for Labour to win back people’s trust is a continuing campaign. "The hard work starts now and I think this is very important for our party. More>> Monday 07 May 2012 Cameron showing increasing signs of having a bunker mentality - Dugher Michael Dugher MP, Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, said in response to David Cameron's Telegraph piece today: "David Cameron is showing increasing signs of having a bunker mentality. After two years in Downing Street, with one million young people out of work and an economy in recession, he says the lesson is that he needs to put in some 'hard work'. Only this out-of-touch Prime Minister would have taken 730 days to figure that out. More>> Sunday 06 May 2012 Ed Miliband: It's time for change... and we must too Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in today's Sunday Mirror, said: While politicians have spent the last couple of days thinking about the local elections that happened on Thursday, I’m fairly sure that's not what has been top of most people's list of concerns. They are worried about the squeeze on living standards, about a country that seems to work for a few at the top but not for them. I am in politics to change that, to make Britain work for you. More>> Wednesday 25 April 2012 Jeremy Hunt cannot stay in his post - Ed Miliband Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said: "Jeremy Hunt should have been standing up for the interests of the British people. In fact, it now turns out he was standing up for the interests of the Murdochs. "He should resign. "He himself said that his duty was to be transparent, impartial and fair in the BSkyB takeover. But now we know that he was providing advice, guidance and privileged access to News Corporation. He was acting as a backchannel for the Murdochs. "He cannot stay in his post. And if he refuses to resign, the Prime Minister must show some leadership and fire him." Tuesday 24 April 2012 "David Cameron and chancellor George Osbourne are two posh boys who don't know the price of milk"  In a courageous and perhaps calculated interview, Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says that Conservative PM David Cameron and chancellor George Osbourne are two posh boys who don't know the price of milk, and are arrogant and don't care / have no empathy with the people at the middle and bottom. Watch the video Monday 23 April 2012 Lending to SMEs has fallen in every month since the Tory-led Government took office - Umunna Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on the Bank of England’s quarterly Trends in Lending survey, released today, said: “Year on year net lending to all businesses, and small and medium enterprises in particular, has fallen in every month since the Tory-led Government took office, reflecting ministers’ failure to get the banks lending. More>> Sunday 22 April 2012 Labour slams Home Secretary’s delay in banning ‘legal highs’  Labour's Shadow Home Office Minister, Diana Johnson MP, has attacked the Home Secretary’s delay on banning dangerous ‘legal highs’. The Government will tomorrow (23 April) finally bring in a Statutory Instrument to ban the popular ‘legal-highs’ Ivory Wave and Bonsai, despite being warned about the dangers of Ivory Wave in August 2010 and promising swift action the following month. More>> Saturday 21 April 2012 Obituary: Lord Ashley - BBC  Jack Ashley - Champion of the disadvantaged Jack Ashley was a tireless crusader. For more than 40 years, first as an MP and then a peer he fought for the rights of the underprivileged and the disadvantaged. His efforts on behalf of the least fortunate in society won him the admiration and support of politicians from all parts of the political spectrum. Jack Ashley was born in Widnes, Cheshire, on 6 December 1922. Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "There are many millions of men and women with disabilities who will have better lives thanks to Jack Ashley." More from the BBC Friday 20 April 2012 Government must not cave into energy giants who fail to help households cut bills - Flint  Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has warned the Government not to cave into the big six energy companies, after Ministers were forced to admit that the energy giants are lobbying the Government to push back the deadline by which they have to help vulnerable households with energy efficiency and insulation measures. More>> Thursday 19 April 2012 New figures are a huge embarrassment for a Prime Minister who promised to keep NHS waiting times low - Burnham Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, speaking after the release of new waiting times figures today, said: "These figures are a huge embarrassment for a Prime Minister who promised to keep NHS waiting times low. On his own test, he is failing patients and the public. More>> Wednesday 18 April 2012 Government has utterly failed to tackle Britain’s jobs emergency - Byrne  Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to today’s job figures, said: “We've had two years of excuses and now we've got the evidence – this Government has utterly failed to tackle Britain’s jobs emergency, and we are limping along in crisis. “The number of people signing on is going up, we still have more than a million young people out of work, more women unemployed than since 1987 and a benefits bill that is spiralling by the day. More>> Tuesday 17 April 2012 IMF report another blow to Osborne as reality of his failed plan hits home - Reeves  Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to today’s IMF World Economic Outlook Report said: “Today’s report is another blow to George Osborne as the reality of his failed plan hits home. The IMF is absolutely right to caution that ‘Austerity alone cannot treat the economic malaise in the major advanced economies’. More>> Monday 16 April 2012 Labour warned Lansley that axing annual flu awareness campaign would have severe consequences - Burnham  Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to Sir Liam Donaldson's review of the Department of Health’s flu failings, said: "Expert warnings do not come any more high-level and serious than this review from a former Chief Medical Officer. "Labour and public health experts repeatedly warned Andrew Lansley that axing the annual flu awareness campaign would have severe consequences. Now patients may have paid the highest price for his inability to listen. More>> Sunday 15 April 2012 Taking big money out of politics Britain faces huge challenges. A million young people out of work, prices going up while wages are flat, an economy which isn't working for working people. But at the same time, our political system is badly tarnished. Too often the public simply feel that politics can’t deliver the change they know our country needs. We cannot solve our problems as a country unless we change what is wrong with our politics. And we cannot change what is wrong with our politics unless we change the way it is funded.More>> Friday 13 April 2012 South Yorkshire PCSO plans the real consequence of Govt cutting 16,000 police officers - Cooper Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, said: "This is the real consequence of the Government cutting 16,000 police officers - including 430 in South Yorkshire. Neighbourhood policing was one of the best things to be introduced by the Labour government where both police officers and PCSOs worked together with local communities to cut crime. "Yet across the country police officers are now being cut from the neighbourhood frontline as the scale of cuts mean officers are being overstretched. More>> Thursday 12 April 2012 How Britain needs to change - and how Labour can be the people who bring that change - speech by Ed Miliband Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, speech today in Derby. Today I want to talk to you about how Britain needs to change—and how Labour can be the people who bring that change. Nobody will be in any doubt that change is necessary for our country. Unemployment rising. 1 million young people out of work. Living standards squeezed for all but a few at the top. Irresponsibility still being rewarded in huge pay rises and bank bonuses. And there are problems that go beyond one government. More>> Monday 09 April 2012 IPPR analysis showing unemployment is set to continue to rise for months to come is extremely worrying - Byrne  Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Employment Minister, responding to new IPPR unemployment analysis, said: “Britain is undergoing a jobs crisis, with unemployment at its highest level in 17 years and youth unemployment over a million yet ministers show no sign of getting a grip. More>> Thursday 05 April 2012 Families with children to lose £511 per year from tomorrow, new IFS figures show - Ed Balls  New IFS figures show Up to 1 million families set to lose all tax credits Families with children will lose an average of £511 a year from changes to tax, benefits and tax credits being introduced from tomorrow, according to new figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies being highlighted by Labour today. More>> Wednesday 04 April 2012 Most GPs are clear that the NHS is going in the wrong direction - Burnham  Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to fresh polling of GPs on the Government's new Health Act, said: "These findings are significant as GPs are beginning to see the practical effects on the ground of the Government's re-organisation of the NHS. More>> Tuesday 03 April 2012 Once again we see a very sensitive issue being spectacularly mishandled by this Government - Ed Miliband & Yvette Cooper Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, during a local election campaign visit in Leeds this morning and following further reports on surveillance laws, said: “Once again we see a very sensitive issue being spectacularly mishandled by this Government. More>> Monday 02 April 2012 Motorists hit in the pocket thanks to Cameron's incompetence - Maria Eagle  Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Maria Eagle said: "Prices are rising at the pump and motorists are being hit in the pocket thanks to Cameron and his Ministers' incompetence. Rising prices and queues on forecourts make clear what should have been obvious to the Prime Minister long before he sidelined Francis Maude - his Government should never have chosen to play party politics with the fuel talks. More>> Sunday 01 April 2012 When Tory MPs are complaining about ministers creating this 'pantomime' it's clear that nobody can defend the Government's irresponsible actions over the last week – Dugher Responding to comments made by Conservative MP Steve Baker on his blog, where he criticises the government’s actions in the fuel dispute, Michael Dugher, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister said: “These extraordinary comments show that even David Cameron's own MPs think that the Government's handling of the fuel dispute has been incompetent. When Tory MPs are complaining about ministers creating this 'pantomime' it's clear that nobody can defend the Government's irresponsible actions over the last week." . |
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