Medway Labour will be opposing Conservative plans to cut 20% of the Kent Police budget which will see a reduction in police services and the potential for large increases in crime.The Tories are introducing soft sentencing for career criminals and cuts to PCSOs and Magistrate services. The Conservatives are undermining the efforts of Police who have cut crime to a record low over the last 13 years.
Chatham residents face the prospect of local service cuts next year under a settlement announced today by the Conservative Government. Library, social services and leisure facilities are now at risk as Medway Council faces its largest cut in its history.
Medway Primary Schools are failing one third of pupils as the Conservative controlled Local Education Authority continues to inadequately resource failing schools despite a decade of per-pupil funding increases under Labour.
Chatham commuters will have to pay increments of 10% over the next four years as Conservatives cut the budget for trains and penalise workers of Medway despite promises before the General Election that they would cut fares
Ed Miliband visited Mid Kent College to speak with pupils, parents, teachers and residents about local concerns. Topics included the rise in tuition fees, cuts in the Education Maintenance Allowance and immigration
Local parents, pupils and teachers have welcomed the Conservative U-Turn on the multi-million pound funding for the Bishop of Rochester Academy which had been threatened by Michael Gove, Secretary State for Education, when he announced National Building Schools for the Future funding cuts in June 2010.
Medway Labour are standing up for residents of Chatham to oppose local Conservative and Liberal Democrat cuts to Medway public services. The Conservatives have announced massive cuts to local government spending which hit the poorest and most disadvantaged in our community. Cuts to Sure Start, Libraries and education budgets will be opposed by Labour.
Congratulations were passed to the parents of St John's School in Chatham by Medway Labour Councillors after the independent School's Adjudicator ruled against the Medway Conservative Primary school proposals instigated by Tory Councillor Wicks. The proposals were lambasted by the independent adjudicator for being inconsistent, flawed and based on scant and poor information.
Labour leadership contender visited Medway to listen to residents and Labour members on the failure of the party to connect with voters in the General Election. Members of the community highlighted major concerns on immigration, welfare reform, tax, schools and investment on our front line troops and equipment.
The Tory London mayor, Boris Johnson, has called for a new airport in North Kent concuding that Heathrow was 'a planning error.' Writing in the Sunday Times he cited a requirement for a massive airport hub. Labour is leading the call against the plans and the destruction of homes and habitat.
Chatham Labour is fighting against the Medway Magna proposal to concrete over the green lung of Capstone Valley. Speaking on doorsteps across Luton & Wayfield she has lambasted Medway Tories for allowing the issue back on the table. They are leading the cross-party campaign to kill it for good.
Taxpayers will be stuck with millions of pounds of costs with a council deal to buy the Medway Tunnel. Jonathan Shaw MP and local Labour campaigners have attacked the deal by the Rochester Bridge Trust (RBT) to transfer its ownership of the tunnel to Medway Council.
Labour Councillors are working with Jonathan Shaw MP and Paul Clark MP to improve rail services for Medway commuters including a fair fare, cleaner trains, modern rolling stock and trains which are punctual and reliable. She has also campaigned for the modernisation of Strood & Rochester rails stations.
Cllr Vince Maple has launched a campaign together with the Mirror and Unite about Fair Tips, to ensure that tips are divided equally and not used to cover walk outs and breakages. In addition Teresa used the campaign launch to remind people about the Tory rejection of the minimum wage policy which so benefited working people
Sixty years ago, Labour created the NHS. It was born in a society where healthcare was exclusive, expensive and unavailable for many ordinary people. Britain needed a system that provided healthcare to everyone, free at the point of delivery. Teresa highlighted her committmenent to the NHS and reminded people of the stark choice at the next election
