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Tory austerity forces a third of police stations in North Yorkshire to be closed and sold off.

Alison Hume, Labour’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) candidate for North Yorkshire has voiced serious concern over the closure of a third of North Yorkshire’s police stations over the last ten years. In a Freedom of Information disclosure, the force revealed 12 staffed stations were closed between February 2010…

Labour led Council protects residents from tax rises

Labour Leader of Scarborough Council, Cllr. Steve Siddons, argues in today’s full Council Meeting that the borough’s residents should not be hit with higher local taxes after suffering from Covid lockdown. “Our spending plans for the coming financial year need to acknowledge that many of our residents are facing difficulties”,…

NYCC Local Elections Postponed for Local Government Reorganization Consultation

Despite the government’s failure to publish its white paper on Devolution it is pushing ahead local government reorganization in our area. This means the NYCC elections will not take place this May. Robert Jenrick, Secretary for Housing and Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation over the proposals submitted…

Chris Taylor & Barry Davis will be giving a presentation on Foodbank4Whitby to Whitby Branch at 7:45pm 3rd March

Non-Whitby Branch Members are welcome to attend the talk after business has concluded. If you would like a Zoom invitation please contact Peter Bolton at whitby@labour4scarboroughandwhitby.net

Spiralling Running Costs Are Unacceptable.”

Labour’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) candidate for North Yorkshire has voiced concern over the spiralling running costs of the PFCC office. “In the last four years under the leadership of a conservative commissioner, costs have risen by 27%,” said Alison Hume who is standing in May’s PFCC elections.…

Join Alison Hume on Wednesday

Join Alison’s phone banking as a Wednesday Warrior Alison Hume PFCC Wednesday Dialogue sessions https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81112416765?pwd=ZUtOKzU1alJVUzVLOC9RTUpTb29wQT09 Meeting ID: 811 1241 6765 Passcode : 594104 For all campaign issues follow Alison on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alisonhumelabour

Scarborough & Whitby CLP – Policy Discussion Meeting March 4th 2021, 7.00 – 8.00pm (Zoom)

“Winning Rural Areas for Labour” The Scarborough & Whitby Constituency Labour Party is organising an on-line (Zoom) information and discussion meeting on improving campaigning in rural areas. The meeting is on March 4th 2021, 7.00-8.00pm and will be led by Liz Pole from Tiverton and Honiton Labour Party in Devon. …

Sound of Scarborough. More news about the local music scene during the pandemic

Whilst researching the impact of Covid-19 on local musicians, we came across this interesting local group, and their Secretary David Yates. David explained that Sound of Scarborough is a voluntary group which promotes and encourages the development of the local music scene and its infrastructure. They aim to further the…

First Responders An ‘After Thought’ in Vaccination Rollout

“Reports of police officers receiving ‘spare’ Covid-19 vaccines demonstrates how chaotic the government’s strategy continues to be”, says Labour’s candidate for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Alison Hume. “It’s devastating to hear that a number of police officers have died from Covid-19,” said Ms Hume, the PFCC candidate for North…

Is this really the time to play silly politics?

The Labour-led coalition running Scarborough Borough Council is delivering real change, says Scarborough and Whitby Constituency Labour Party, while opposition councillors are playing politics trying to depose the council leader. The CLP has responded to news of a challenge to Cllr Steve Siddons, which he himself called ‘a power grab’ sparked by…

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