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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...
more...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,...
more...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,...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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...
more...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....
more...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...
more...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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