Councillor In Final Plea To Save ‘Lifeline’ Bus Route
A Labour councillor has made a final plea to the Conservative-run council to save a city bus route ahead of February’s budget setting meeting. Drake ward councillor Charlotte Holloway has formally written to the Conservative Leader of the Council, the Cabinet Member for Transport and the Cabinet Member for Finance to make an urgent plea […]
Tory Council Urged To ‘Up Its Game’ Over Coronation Plans
Plymouth Labour are calling on the Conservative-run administration to “up their game” over the city’s Coronation plans. King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 and Monday 8 May will be a special Bank Holiday. “It’s less than 80 days to go until the Coronation,” said Cllr Tudor […]
Labour Win Should Put Tory Mercer ‘On Notice’
Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Moor View Gareth Derrick says that the party’s impressive result in Thursday’s by-election should put the current Conservative MP, Johnny Mercer, “on notice”. Plymouth Labour’s Will Noble won the by-election in Moor View ward with 1,415 votes to the Conservatives’ 877 in an election called after a Conservative councillor stood […]
Labour Selects Teacher To Fight By-Election
A science teacher has been named as Plymouth Labour’s candidate in one of the upcoming council by-elections caused by the resignation of two Conservative councillors. Lindsay Gilmour lives in Plympton with her teenage son and says it is “an enormous privilege” to have been selected as Plymouth Labour’s candidate in January’s election. The election has […]
Labour’s New VAWG Champion Named
Plymouth Labour has announced a new spokesperson to champion the Violence Against Women and Girls agenda. Councillor Zoe Reilly, who was elected as a Honicknowle ward councillor in May, has accepted the post and says that, while it is a huge responsibility it is also an “enormous honour” to take up the role. “Violence Against […]
Calls For Developer To ‘Play Fair’ Over Unfinished Play Park
Plymouth Labour’s candidate in the Moor View by-election is calling on a developer to “play fair” and commit to completing a play park at a Plymouth housing development. Will Noble is also urging Persimmon to rectify a number of issues at the company’s Palmerston Heights development in Derriford which he says is leaving people, especially […]
Labour Seeks Answers Over City Ice Impact
Plymouth Labour has sent a number of formal questions to the Conservative-run city council after city roads and pavements turned into ice rinks at the weekend following a night of low temperatures. Cllr Mark Coker, who is Plymouth Labour’s spokesperson on Transport and Street Scene, is demanding answers after numerous reports of accidents, impassable roads […]
‘Serious Questions’ Over Ice Impact On City Says Labour
Plymouth Labour says the Conservative-run city council has “serious questions to answer” after many city roads and pavements turned into ‘ice rinks’ on Sunday following a night of low temperatures. Cllr Tudor Evans OBE, who is the leader of Plymouth Labour, spoke out after numerous reports of accidents, impassable roads and disrupted bus services across […]
Bus Route Removal ‘Betrayal of Most Vulnerable’
A local activist and a Plymouth Labour Councillor have delivered hundreds of letters to residents in a bid to get the Conservative Council to reverse their decision to remove the council-funded 31 bus route. Cllr Charlotte Holloway, Labour Councillor for Drake ward, said she was “deeply concerned” at the move which comes into force at […]
NHS Worker Named As Labour Candidate In Plymouth By Election
A hospital worker has been named as Plymouth Labour’s candidate in one of the upcoming council by-elections caused by the resignation of two Conservative councillors. Will Noble, who is a cleaner at Derriford Hospital, has lived in Glenholt all his life and says it is “a complete honour” to be Labour’s candidate in January’s election […]
