PROGRESSIVE LOCAL LABOUR LEADER SLAMS THE COUNCIL’S ‘ZOMBIE’ CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS WEAK BUDGET AND FALSE PROMISES 26 Feb 2024 The budget setting meeting of the Full Council is a key event in the Rugby…
LABOUR PARTY SELECTS RUGBY’S GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE John Slinger has been selected as Labour’s candidate in Rugby for the next general election.
RUGBY MISSES OUT AGAIN (AND AGAIN) UNDER THE CONSERVATIVES On Sunday, the government announced another round of investment for 55 “left behind towns” yet,…
LABOUR DEMANDS ANSWERS AS £20m OPPORTUNITIES MISSED BY CONSERVATIVES As people bear the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis and rising national debt, Rugby’s Conservative-led…
TACKLING ‘STRUCTURAL SEXISM’ – CROSS-PARTY MOTION FROM THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND LABOUR Rugby Borough Council took a leap towards greater equality in last week’s Full Council meeting…
Labour Lives //podcast Labour Lives Episode 1: Dr Eric Wood, OBE Welcome to the Labour Lives podcast, which…
LABOUR COUNCILLOR AND RUGBY MAYOR CONVENE CROSS-PARTY MEETING WITH NEW CROSS FIRE SURVIVORS AIMED AT A PERMANENT MEMORIAL On Friday 4th August, Labour Borough Councillor John Slinger (New Bilton Ward) invited New Cross…
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS Rugby Borough Council Planning Committee approves officer recommendation to refuse permission for new homes on…
VIBRANT RUGBY BOROUGH MUSIC SCENE TO GET A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST 13 July 2023 – At the Full Council meeting of RBC, 12 July 2023, Labour…
NEW LEADER OF LABOUR GROUP FOR NEW ERA OF NO OVERALL CONTROL 16 May 2023 – Following their excellent results in the local elections on 4 May, and…
RUGBY RESIDENTS SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE AS LABOUR MAKE SIGNIFICANT GAINS Rugby Labour is well placed to drive forward its manifesto pledges after a positive campaign…
2023 Rugby Borough Elections Manifesto After nearly 20 years of a Conservative-led Council the local elections in May offer a…
SHADOW MINISTER JESS PHILLIPS MP ENDORSES RUGBY LABOUR’S LOCAL ELECTION MANIFESTO TO ‘RENEW RUGBY TOGETHER’ 01 Apr 2023 Rugby Labour Party has launched its manifesto for the 4th May local elections in the…
NEW BILTON COUNCILLORS HOST PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM WITH POLICE 22 Mar 2023 Labour Councillors for New Bilton this week held the first of many regular meetings designed…
New Bilton Councillors host productive community engagement forum with Police NEW BILTON COUNCILLORS HOST PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM WITH POLICE 10 March 2023 – Labour Councillors for…
POSITIVE POLICIES FOR RUGBY’S RENEWAL FROM LABOUR AS THEY EXPOSE TORY BUDGET AS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE 23 Feb 2023 Labour highlights Tories’ lack of vision for Rugby Labour’s Budget amendment set out positive policy…
RUGBY LABOUR PARTY’S WOMEN’S NETWORK JOINS SLEEPS ‘OUT TO HELP OUT’ NIGHT RAISING FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS CHARITY 30 Jan 2023 Nine intrepid members of Rugby’s Labour Women’s Network, plus three male Labour Councillors will be…
RUGBY LABOUR: SCHOOL PROVISION SUMMIT SHOWS A TOTAL FAILURE BY THE TORIES TO PLAN FOR RUGBY’S FUTURE 18 Jan 2023 Rugby Borough Council’s Conservative administration was heavily criticised last night for its failure to plan…
RUGBY’S LABOUR AND LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COUNCILLORS JOIN FORCES TO PROTECT GREEN BELT AND SAVE TAXPAYERS’ MONEY AS TORIES CALL FOR REVIEW OF RUGBY’S LOCAL PLAN 13 Jan 2023 Councillors from the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats on Rugby Borough Council have today tabled…
FORMER RUGBY LABOUR COUNCILLOR RECEIVES PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT AWARD 11 Jan 2023 Rugby’s Dr James Shera has been honoured with the prestigious Quaid-E-Azam Gold Medal, one of…
ST ATEMENT ON BEHALF OF RUGBY AND BULKINGTON CONSTITUENCY LABOUR PARTY, ITS COUNCILLORS AND EXECUTIVE 08 Sep 2022 We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We…
LABOUR CALLS FOR REVIEW OF COUNCIL’S TAXI LICENSING FEES INCREASE AFTER DRIVERS TELL OF MAJOR CONCERNS 06 Sep 2022 Labour calls for urgent review and moratorium on payment of increased fees Local taxi firms…
LABOUR LEADERS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY CELEBRATE RUGBY COUNCILLOR DR JAMES SHERA’S 40 YEARS’ SERVICE 05 Sep 2022 On Friday, friends, colleagues and family gathered at the Benn Partnership to celebrate 40 years…
NEWLY-ELECTED LABOUR COUNCILLORS MEET LABOUR LEADER AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE 22 Jun 2022 Councillors Livesey, Harrington and Slinger met Labour leader and two frontbenchers Councillors took part in…
GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON WINDFALL TAX LEAVES EGG ON FACE FOR RUGBY TORIES 27 May 2022 GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON WINDFALL TAX LEAVES EGG ON FACE FOR RUGBY TORIES WHO OPPOSED THE…
Tory Strongholds swing to Labour 07 May 2022 • Labour overturned two Tory majorities to increase its group size from 8 to 10.…
UGBY LABOUR TRIUMPHS IN TORY STRONGHOLDS IN MAJOR SWING TO LABOUR 06 May 2022 Labour overturned two Tory majorities to increase its group size from 8 to 10. Rugby…
Labour Candidate Michael Moran engages Town Centre business to Economic Revival 30 Apr 2022 • Labour council candidate Michael Moran writes to the town’s businesses • Town centre plan…
Labour Candidate urges Tory Council to limit Houses in Multiple Occupation 30 Apr 2022 Rugby Labour Party’s candidate for New Bilton, John Slinger, is to present a petition urging…
RUGBY LABOUR CANDIDATE TO TAKE 350 + RESIDENTS’ CONCERNS ABOUT TOO MANY HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION TO CONSERVATIVE COUNCIL LEADER DEMANDING ACTION TO LIMIT NUMBERS 26 Apr 2022 Rugby Labour Party’s candidate for New Bilton, John Slinger, is to present a petition urging…
Jonathan Vickers – Revel and Binley Woods 24 Apr 2022 About Jonathan Vickers – Labour Candidate for Revel and Binley Woods: I have lived in…
Chris Lee for Wolvey and Shilton 23 Apr 2022 Chris is standing as a candidate in Wolvey and Shilton. He is a Labour Party…
The Tory Joke is not funny anymore… 22 Apr 2022 Britain is a great country, but this Conservative government is not working for working people.…
RUGBY LABOUR CANDIDATE ENGAGES TOWN CENTRE’S BUSINESSES BEHIND A FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR TOWN CENTRE REVIVAL 22 Apr 2022 Labour council candidate Michael Moran writes to the town’s businesses Town centre plan covers parking,…
An open letter to Mark Pawsey MP from Rugby Labour CLP 19 Apr 2022 An open letter to Mark Pawsey MP for Rugby, and to the Leader of the…
Manifesto 2022 08 Apr 2022 Please find attached to this post our Rugby Labour Manifesto. Please click on the link…
The Conservatives are guilty of being soft on antisocial behaviour 03 Apr 2022 Councillors know that their Local residents are deeply worried about antisocial behaviour, drug dealing, and…
Cost of living crisis 03 Apr 2022 What the Chancellor gave us last Wednesday was a high tax, low growth spring statement…
Labour is backing families doing it tough 03 Apr 2022 Labour’s new deal for working people: -Security at work Better and fairer workplaces by giving…
Lower energy bills – Labour is with you. 03 Apr 2022 Labour have slammed the Conservatives for a decade of dither, delay and poor planning on…
NHS waiting lists serving Rugby under the Tories are monstrous. 03 Apr 2022 A decade of Tory mismanagement left our NHS completely unprepared for the pandemic. One in…
Labours simple 6 point plan 03 Apr 2022 Labour is the party of working people. Our plan is Reduce energy price rises –…
“Brutal” rail fare rise shows fares up almost twice as fast as wages 03 Apr 2022 As the Crisis of Living crunch bites working people: Labour has condemned the Conservatives over…
Safer Communities 03 Apr 2022 The Conservatives cut our police to the lowest level in a generation and cut funding…
Labour will launch a National Excellence Programme 03 Apr 2022 Labour will launch a National Excellence Programme – the most ambitious school improvement plan in…
List of Candidates for Rugby Borough and Warwickshire County Council 5th May 2022 03 Apr 2022 Please help us campaign by sharing our posts, and talking to family and friends about…
Removal of Polling station on Glebe estate infuriates and dismays residents 28 Mar 2022 Your Labour councillors are very perturbed by the RBC decision to take away the…
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