Archive - Exeter Labour Party

Labour’s Exeter City Council buildings of tomorrow in the Guardian this week

It was good to see that the extensive work that the Labour led Exeter City Council has been doing to address fuel poverty and carbon reduction within the city has been noted. As it states in the article, under Labour’s leadership, the City Council has been working to build super…

Exeter Labour celebrates more than 50% of its candidates are women

Exeter Labour Women Celebrate standing in more than 50% of seats on International Women’s Day. This year the theme of International Women’s Day is “Choose to Challenge”. More than half of the candidates standing in the local elections in May for Exeter Labour are women, choosing to challenge the stereotype…

Some pie charts have surprising slices.

When you hear someone say that their council tax pays to keep the parks and pitchs up, maintain the children’s play parks, empty the bins, sweep the streets, keep the the RAMM, the Corn exchange and the sports centres open, build new homes and so much more ….. they are…

Green Powered Refuse Trucks in Exeter!

Great news! The City Council’s plans for its new kerbside waste collection service for food waste and glass, have received a tremendous green boost. As Cllr David Harvey explains. “The team have been looking at how we implement this new service and I have tasked them with ensuring that any…

Providing affordable homes for local young people

The Labour leadership of Exeter City Council remains committed to providing social and affordable housing across the City. It seeks to achieve this through a range of traditional and innovative routes, the news breaking this week is an exciting example of one of the less traditional solutions. Its an exciting…

Ben Bradshaw – Best for Exeter

I am very sorry we are having to go through another general election and one in the middle of winter. This was not my choice. I do not believe a general election is the right or democratically legitimate way to resolve the Brexit crisis. General elections should be about everything…