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. […]

Labour Pledge To End Tory ‘Carnival of Chaos’

Plymouth Labour says it has assembled its best group of candidates so far to stand in the local elections, all determined to Build A Better Plymouth. The 19 candidates, including the group’s long-serving leader Cllr Tudor Evans OBE, have launched their local election campaign with a firm promise to the people of Plymouth to bring […]

Labour Will ‘Green’ City Centre

Plymouth Labour is launching a bold plan to “green” the city centre should it take control of the council in May.   Labour says there are “multiple” lessons to be learned in the wake of the way the Conservative administration dealt with the felling of the Armada Way trees, not least how to engage with the […]

Bid For Care Experience To Be Protected By Council

Plymouth Labour is seeking to ensure people who have been in care get the same protection under the Equality Act as other discriminated groups. Cllr Jemima Laing, who is Plymouth Labour’s spokesperson on Children and Young People, is bringing a motion to full council on Monday asking the council to treat care experience as it […]

Plymouth Labour Outlines Plan To Tackle HMO Impact

Plymouth Labour is outlining plans to tackle the impact of the growing numbers of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in certain parts of the city. Parts of Drake, Compton and St Peter and the Waterfront wards have growing numbers of residents concerned about the impact that an increase in HMOs is having on parking, waste […]

Armada Way Scheme

Further to our full statement on Tuesday (which you can read here www.bit.ly/CllrPenberthyResponse) inevitably we are being asked a few more questions about the Armada Way scheme so we thought we’d put all the answers in one place: 1. Could Labour alone have taken control of the council in January to stop the Conservatives going […]

Labour’s Budget Move Supports ‘Hard-pressed Plymothians’

Plymouth Labour says its proposal to double council tax on second homes and use the money raised to build new homes and support those struggling with the cost of living crisis shows it is the party “on the side of hard-pressed Plymothians”.  The city’s Labour councillors passed an amendment to the Conservative budget at the annual […]

Double Second Home Council Tax Plan To Build New Homes

Plymouth Labour is proposing to double council tax for second home owners and use the money raised to build new homes and support Plymothians struggling with the cost of living crisis. The city’s Labour councillors are planning to bring an amendment to the Budget meeting on Monday 27 February and one proposal is to adopt […]

Labour Amendment To Create £2m ‘Green’ Investment Fund

Plymouth Labour is tackling the climate emergency with a bid to amend the Conservative budget to create a £2m Green Investment Fund and double the money spent on the city’s wildflower meadows. At Monday’s Budget meeting Labour councillors will be proposing an extensive, fully-costed amendment to create the £2m fund within the capital programme to […]

Labour Plan To Include Missing Loos in Budget

A proposal by Plymouth Labour to be debated at the annual budget meeting on Monday could see St Budeaux getting its long-awaited public loos at last. Councillor Sally Haydon has been campaigning to get a new set of lavatories for St Budeaux Square ever since she pledged money from her community grant to pay towards the […]