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• Newell backs plans for Jumbo

  

  Colchester Labour Party Chair Jordan Newell has welcomed initial plans to develop the town's landmark water tower, known locally as ‘Jumbo’. Initial plans for a multi-million pound convertion of the...

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• Julie re-elected to lead Essex Labour

  

  Cllr Julie Young has been re-elected as Leader of the Labour Group on Essex County Council. Julie was re-elected at a meeting at County Hall in Chelmsford at the weekend,...

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• Shadow Home Office Minister visits town

  

  Shadow Justice Minister Jenny Chapman MP came to Colchester last week to visit the Colchester Probation Office in St Peter’s Street. Ms Chapman, who is the Labour MP for Darlington,...

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• Labour hails stunning election victories

  

  Colchester Labour Chair Jordan Newell has hailed the results of last night's Essex County Council elections as "stunning victories". Julie Young was re-elected as County Councillor for the...

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• Miliband speaks at Labour Dinner

  

  Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband was the guest speaker at Colchester Labour Party’s Gala Dinner on Thursday (25th April) In one of his final political engagements...

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• Margaret Beckett visits Colchester

  

  Former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett MP has been in Wivenhoe this evening (28 March). Dame Margaret joined Labour members and supporters for a special fundraising evening to kick...

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• Council votes to ban Twitter

  

  Colchester Borough Council has voted against allowing Councillors to tweet during Council meetings. However, in a debate lasting more than two hours, Colchester’s Labour Councillors voted unanimously to support recommendations...

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• Downgraded Budget, Downgraded Chancellor

  

  Against a backdrop of higher borrowing, zero growth, rising youth unemployment and general economic failure, Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his 2013 Budget statement. A headline from today’s...

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• Bourne berates bedroom tax

  

  Properly known as Social Sector Size Criteria Housing Benefit Welfare Reform but universally dubbed the “Bedroom tax”, this pernicious, cruel and uncaring attack on the most vulnerable in our society...

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• Councillors donate to Food Bank

  

  Local Labour Councillors have donated their 1.5% councillor allowances increase to the Colchester Food Bank. Councillors said that they had become increasingly concerned at the increase...

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• Councillors attend key conference

  

  Colchester Labour Councillors Tim and Julie Young attended the Labour Party's annual Local Government Conference in Nottingham this weekend (8 February). The conference brought together Labour councillors, Shadow Ministers and...

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• Councillors welcome Greenstead award

  

  Labour's St Andrews Ward Councillors have welcomed the news that the Greenstead estate in Colchester has been given an award for its tidiness, as reported in today's Gazette. The...

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• Standing up for struggling pubs

  Labour has used its first Opposition Day Debate of 2013 to hold the Tory-led Government to account for failing to back pubs across Britain. Colchester Labour...

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• Better deal on rail fares

  

  Colchester Labour Party is calling for a better deal for taxpayers and fare-payers as rail fares continue to rise while taxpayers foot the bill for improvements to rail...

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• Wishing Colchester a Happy Christmas!

  

  With less than a week to go until Christmas, Colchester Labour Party has written to The Gazette to thank local organisations for their help and support throughout the...

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• Human Rights Week at Essex University

  

  Colchester Labour Chair Jordan Newell took part in an event to celebrate Human Rights Day at the University of Essex on Monday (10 December). The Human Rights Centre...

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• Setting the record straight on Bus Station

  

  Colchester Labour Group Leader Cllr Tim Young has responded to claims by local MP Sir Bob Russell in Friday's Gazette over Labour's involvement in the siting of the new Colchester...

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• Latest on Police Commissioner elections

  

  Essex’s first Police and Crime Commissioner. Colchester Labour Party has been out campaigning across the town this weekend, in support of Cllr Val Morris-Cook, Labour’s candidate for the post....

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• Newell calls for veterans champions

  

  In the run up to Remembrance Sunday, Colchester Labour Chair Jordan Newell has called on the Government to support calls for Veterans Champions to be established in local authorities across...

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• David Blunkett visits Colchester

  

  Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has been in Colchester today (8 November), at the invitation of Colchester Labour Party. Mr Blunkett began his trip at the...

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