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Devon County Manifesto Launch
On 8 April we launched our Devon County Manifesto with the help of Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne MP. The event took place in the new garden at Exeter Community Centre. You can download the manifesto here:
Council Buildings to Benefit from Solar Panels
Labour-led Exeter City Council has made an investment in solar panels that will see it set to overhaul the Met Office as the owners of the largest number of solar panels in the city. 800 panels, which are up on two roofs of the Civic Centre and three other sites across Exeter, will have a
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International Women’s Day 2013
Exeter Labour Women will be taking part in a number of events to celebrate International Women’s Day 2013. IWD is always held on 8th March, but events often take place throughout the month. On Friday 8th March, a number of Labour Party members and councillors will be taking part in Exeter University Gender Equality Society’s Reclaim
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Cllr Leader Pete Edwards: BUDGET SPEECH 2013/14
This year has been truly remarkable for the city, with the diamond jubilee visit of her majesty the Queen and Prince Philip, the arrival of the Olympic torch, and the reopening of the RAMM culminating in an award of museum of the year. It has also been an excellent year for our educational establishments; the
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Bedroom Tax: How it affects you.
From April 2013, the Government is introducing new rules about the number of bedrooms households need if they are receiving Housing Benefit. People deemed to have a spare bedroom will be asked to downsize into a smaller property or face a cut in Housing Benefit. You may be affected: If you are between 16 and 61 and
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Reduce your energy bills with Exeter Together
Could you save money on your Energy bills? Exeter Together is a collective buying scheme which hopes to help people save at least £100 off their energy bills. The scheme, which is backed by Exeter City Council, works by negotiating cheap deals with energy suppliers when large numbers of customers agree to switch. To find
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March Fair Date Announced
The Exeter Labour Party will be having it’s March Fair at 26b Clifton Hill on Saturday 9th March from 10am – 1pm.
Pete Edwards’ New Year Message
I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a very happy New Year. Thanks to the generosity of the Express & Echo and Sungift Solar we once again had Christmas lights in the High Street, alongside those in Princesshay, Guildhall and Harlequins shopping centres, and on Fore Street. This year
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Complete Our Residents’ Survey
To fill in the questionnaire click here. I would like to keep abreast of the issues affecting you in Exeter. I hope you will take a couple of minutes to complete this short survey. Over the years I have received thousands of letters from the residents of Exeter on issues that are important to you.
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City park dedicated to former councillor
Local councillors joined members of the extended family of Ivy Johns to unveil a plaque to celebrate the renaming of a city park after the late Ivy Johns who lived and worked in Wonford for many years. Cllr Geg Sheldon spoke about Ivy Johns, who was the local ward councillor for 30 years and among
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Devon & Cornwall PCC Results
The full results of the first Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner elections can be found here. Conservative candidate Tony Hogg was elected after the vote came down to second preferences. Labour Party candidate Nicky Williams came third out of the 10 candidates, beating both the Lib Dems and UKIP. Turnout for the PCC
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Labour Councillors criticise impact of benefit cuts
Labour Councillors have criticised the Government’s welfare cuts at a meeting of the City Council’s Scrutiny Community Committee on 6th November 2012. Councillors were asked to consider measures the City Council is being forced to bring in to mitigate the Coalition’s benefits changes. Download the report. Heather Morris, Labour Councillor for Cowick ward, proposed an
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Nicky Williams for Police & Crime Commissioner
On 15th November 2012, voters across Devon and Cornwall will be going to the polls to elect the region’s first Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC).Labour Party candidate Nicky Williams has been travelling around both counties, meeting with frontline staff and local communities.Nicky recently visited Exeter and was out on the doorstep with Exeter Labour Party,
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Unveiling of Armed Forces Memorial in Northernhay Gardens
Labour councillors including Cllr Pete Edwards, Leader of Exeter City Council joined the Lord Mayor, and guests from the Armed Forces and their families at the unveiling of a new memorial in Northernhay Gardens on Monday 10 September. The memorial records the names of servicemen from Exeter who have given their lives in armed conflicts since
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Dragon Boat Charity Race 2012
An exciting day of Dragon Boat Racing took place on Sunday 10 September at Exeter Quay. Seven teams from local charity Age UK, and organisations including Exeter City Council, Exeter Community Initiatives, Devon County Council competed in a series of heats in boats supplied by Exe-Calibre Dragon Boat Team who organised the day and ensured
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Stop the South West NHS Pay Cartel!
UPDATE: UNISON is organising a ‘No to Postcode Pay’ demonstration and rally in Exeter on 4th September. Speakers include South West TUC, UNISON South West and Ben Bradshaw MP. A group of 20 NHS Trusts from across the South West of England have each committed £10,000 to form a consortium to ‘explore and develop’ regional alternatives to
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Council Tax Support Scheme Changes
People in Exeter are being asked to have their say on important changes to the way benefits are paid out, which are being forced in by this Tory/Lib Dem government. The government has decided to abolish the council tax benefit scheme that supports residents on a low income to pay their council tax bill. The
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Site Allocations Consultation: Have Your Say
UPDATE: The deadline for this consultation has been extended from 14th September to Friday 28th September. Exeter City Council is preparing a new document to form part of the Council’s Local Plan and wants to hear your views. A consultation has been launched which runs until Friday 14th September. The ‘Site Allocations and Development Management
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Labour to deliver Manifesto through Council Corporate Plan
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted for Labour in the City Council elections in May and helped us to pick up 5 seats to gain an overall majority on the Council. During the election we promoted a clear manifesto and we are committed to making these pledges a reality.
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Exeter City Council Election 2012 Results
The full results of the 2012 Exeter City Council election can now be found here. Exeter Labour Party would like to say thank you to all our members and supporters who contributed so much to our campaign across the city. We received a fantastic response to our local manifesto on the doorstep, and by giving
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Exeter Labour Party Manifesto 2012
Under Labour, Exeter’s council tax rates have been consistently one of the lowest in the country. Just 8p out of every £1 that residents pay in council tax goes to Exeter City Council. This is a testament to the well run nature of a Council that has been under Labour control for the majority of
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Ben’s Column – Spring 2012
These important city council elections are your chance to deliver a message to the Government. Whether it’s the local police cuts, the damaging upheaval of the NHS, our stagnating economy or the soaring cost of fuel and food the Government in London needs telling its policies aren’t working. Exeter’s Labour run council is doing a
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Consultation Launched on Bus & Coach Station Redevelopment
A consultation begins today on the Development Principles for the redevelopment of the Bus & Coach Station area. Exeter’s Local Plan and Core Strategy have recognised the area, between Sidwell Street, Paris Steet and Cheeke Street, as an important site for future development. However, it is vital that any development meets the needs of the
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Pete Edwards’ Budget Message
This Tory Led government’s reduction to the funding for local authorities are amongst the most severe cuts we have faced in living memory. This year alone, the cut to our grant settlement has forced us to reduce our budget by £1 million. This means we can no longer just manage our budgets better; we have
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Exeter Solar Power project given go ahead
In the face of Government cuts, Labour-run Exeter City Council, in partnership with E-On, is going ahead with a project to install solar panels across its housing stock. It has also called on the Government to reverse its decision to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar PV installations. The Government are planning to cut
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Funding for Local Community Projects
Both City and County Councillors have access to funding for community projects in their areas. 2011/12 Exeter City Council: a total of £1,500 has been made available for each ward, to be allocated in grants of up to £300 by the local City Councillors. More information on these grants can be found here, or by
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The RAMM is Open
The amazing Royal Albert Memorial Museum has opened to almost universal acclaim. Within the first week over 15,000 people have visited. Some of the must see Exhibitions are Into the Light: French and British paintings from Impressionism to the early 1920s (till 11 March 2012) and The Road to Rome: Artists and Travellers on the
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Pete Edward’s Christmas Message
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a very happy New Year. If you have been into the city centre I hope you enjoyed the Christmas lights in the High Street, which were made possible by the generosity of the City Council’s retail and other partners. Together with those in
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Dan Jarvis MP Visits Exeter
Exeter CLP was delighted to welcome Dan Jarvis MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport to the city recently. Dan is visiting a number of regions to look at the many ways in which the arts and cultural sector benefits the economy and he started his visits here in the South West.
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Top Recycling Tips
Exeter residents are excellent at recycling and 35 tonnes of recycled waste are collected from households every day. Cllr Morris recently paid a visit to the MRF Centre (Materials Reclamation Centre) in Marsh Barton to see first hand the work involved. Cllr Morris said, “Visiting the Centre really opened my eyes to how much work
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The Budget – where are we now?
City Council Leader Pete Edwards talks about the action the City Council has taken to balance the city’s books and protect services. “The City Council has faced a brutal challenge over the last two years having to make savings of over £2m each year on its net budget reducing it from around £18.5m in 2009
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Ben’s Column
People in Exeter and across Britain are facing the worst peace time decline in their living standards since the Great Depression. That’s the grim verdict of the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies. Worst hit are families on middle and low incomes with children. The reason: the Government’s policies are destroying economic growth and failing
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You Can’t Trust The Tories with the NHS
This Tory Government is cutting nursing, medical and other staff from the NHS Frontline. They’re making a £1.2 billion real cut in funding for England’s NHS services next year. On top of this they are wasting £2 billion on a reckless top down re-organisation which will open up all parts of the NHS to free
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Tories Plans Mean More Bureaucracy and Less Police
Under the Tories over 16,000 police officers are being cut with 30,000 police jobs cut altogether In our area, Devon & Cornwall Police are having to cut 1200 jobs. An extra threat are Government plans for Police Commissioners. This has led to concerns, expressed by the Devon & Cornwall Chief Constable, that all the hard working and
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Welcome to our New Site!
Hello! Exeter Labour Party is in the process of making it’s website much much better. You are looking at some of the results of that work, but over the next few months you will start to see a wealth new content here, crucially that content will be updated faster than before, so that it is
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