Demand For Temp Accommodation Doubles in Decade
Figures just released by the government underline the terrible impact Conservative policies are having on homelessness in Plymouth with demand for temporary accommodation more than doubling since 2012. Almost half of the homeless households seeking help from the Council are facing Section 21 (no fault) evictions and increasingly the residents that the council are supporting […]
Labour-led Council’s Dental Taskforce Meets For First Time
The Dental Taskforce set up by the Plymouth Labour-run council immediately after they took control of the city has held its first meeting. Working to alleviate the problems in dentistry in the city was a key Plymouth Labour pledge in the local election campaign. MPs Luke Pollard and Johnny Mercer as well as a representative […]
Ex-MP Is Plymouth Labour’s By-Election Pick
A former city MP has been chosen as the Plymouth Labour candidate in the upcoming by-election called after a long-serving councillor retired. Alison Raynsford, who was an MP for Devonport and the subsequent Moor View constituency from 2005 until 2015, was selected by local party members to stand in the St Peter and the Waterfront […]
Long-serving Labour Councillor To Stand Down
One of Plymouth Labour’s longest-serving councillors has announced she is standing down after more than 17 years in the role. St Peter and the Waterfront councillor Sue McDonald is retiring from the Council for family health reasons. Sue’s contribution to her ward, and Stonehouse specifically, began before her election as a Councillor. She has lived […]
Councillor Taking A Leap For Trevi
Plymouth City Council’s VAWG champion is facing her own fear of heights head-on by jumping out of a plane to raise money for Trevi, a Plymouth charity for women and children. Cllr Zoe Reilly, who is a Labour councillor for Honicknowle ward and the council’s Violence Against Women and Girls champion, is going to do […]
Labour Celebrates City Centre Health Facility News
Plymouth Labour are celebrating the news that a bid which they submitted on the first day of taking control of the council has been successful, with the announcement of a new Community Diagnostic Centre in the city’s West End. The centre, one of only eight announced across the country, will help regenerate the city centre […]
Labour Makes Splash As Pools Remain Free
Labour councillors took advantage of a sunny Bank Holiday Monday to spend time at Mount Wise to celebrate the pools remaining free of charge for everyone to enjoy. The previous Conservative administration had planned to start charging people to swim and Plymouth Labour made it a key pledge in the recent local election campaign to […]
Labour In Cost Of Living Action Plan Pledge
The incoming leader of Plymouth City Council is promising to help struggling Plymothians after Plymouth Labour’s momentous night at the polls on Thursday.Councillor Tudor Evans OBE will become leader of the council for the fifth time next week and has pledged to create a cost of living action plan to help people and families in […]
‘Delight’ As Candidate Secures Play Park Commitment
Plymouth Labour’s Moor View local election candidate says she is “delighted” after getting a local developer to agree to a timescale for completing work on an unfinished Plymouth play park. Lindsay Gilmour has been liaising with Persimmon over issues at its Palmerston Heights development in the ward. “It’s way past time this play park was […]
A Tribute To Cllr Brian Vincent
It is with great sadness that Plymouth Labour announces that Councillor Brian Vincent, who has been a councillor for Efford and Lipson for almost a quarter of a century, has died “It’s hard to put into words just how sad I am that we’ve lost Brian,” said Cllr Tudor Evans OBE, leader of Plymouth Labour. […]
