Labour south east

Welcome to the web-site of the Regional Labour Party
in the south east, covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire,
Surrey, East and West Sussex

Latest News From the South East Region

• Medway Labour concerned axing of SEEDA will threaten regeneration

  Cllr Paul Godwin, Labour Group Leader on Medway Council, responding to the news that the Coalition Government will axe the South East Regional Development Agency (SEEDA) in its review today,...

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• 'I will be a strong voice for business and for those at work in the South and across the country' - Denham

  

  John Denham, Southampton Itchen MP and the new Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, said on his new appointment to the Shadow Cabinet today: "I...

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• New member Claire French speaks at conference

  

  Claire French, a new member from Eastbourne, spoke at conference in Manchester about voting for the Liberal Democrats and converting to Labour having seen the Lib Dem's willingness to join...

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• Southampton MP Denham condemns axing of Government Office of the South East

  Responding to today’s announcement by Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, that he is scrapping all Government Offices, John Denham, Labour’s Shadow CLG Secretary and Southampton Itchen MP, said: "The...

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• Brighton and Hove Labour welcome fall in crime in Sussex

  Brighton & Hove Labour Group’s Community Safety spokesperson Cllr Warren Morgan, has joined Alan Johnson, Shadow Home Secretary, in welcoming crime figures today which show that crime in the UK...

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• Coalition plans are an attack on frontline policing in Hampshire

  Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, has joined Alan Johnson, Shadow Home Secretary, in his condemnation of the Tory-Liberal Coalition’s proposed reduction in the Police Grant this year....

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• Scale of job cuts for young people revealed

  New research by Southampton’s Labour MPs has revealed the potentially devastating impact on Southampton of the government’s cuts to help young people into work. New projections suggest that...

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• Ed Balls welcomes school leaver guarantee success in Reading

  

  Rt. Hon. ED BALLS MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, visited Prospect School in Reading on Thursday 4th February 2010. He visited Prospect School’s new £3.5...

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• Apprentices show Labour is making a difference in Portsmouth

  

  Sarah McCarthy-Fry and Prime Minister Gordon Brown today heard first-hand from two young BVT Surface Fleet workers the real difference Labour policies are making. Craig Fenwick and James Joyce, who...

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• Gillingham man Doug Baldock, proud of the NHS at Labour Party Conference

  Doug Baldock, local Gillingham resident, appeared on stage on Wednesday 30th September at Labour Party Conference in Brighton to share his experiences of the National Health Service. Doug told how...

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• Reading Labour PPCs welcome new Mortgage Help campaign

  Labour prospective parliamentary candidates for Reading, Anneliese Dodds and Naz Sarkar, today welcomed a new national campaign which could help people in Reading avoid having their home repossessed. John Healey...

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• High Street boost for empty shops

  Today funding announced by the Labour Government to Thanet and Hastings Councils to help support local shopping streets hardest hit by the recession has been welcomed by local Labour MPs...

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• Jonathan Shaw MP says "Never Again"

  Jonathan Shaw, Labour’s South East Minister has welcomed the news today that the South East will benefit from the 3,300 jobs created for young people across the region by Labour’s...

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• Cllr Tony Page welcomes 21st century railway to Reading

  Deputy Leader of Reading Borough Council, Councillor Tony Page has welcomed a £1.1bn investment in new rail electrification which will improve journeys for passengers to and from Reading. The Prime...

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• Labour welcomes green light for South East eco-town

  Labour in the South East has welcomed news that greener living will become a reality in five years’ time when the region has two of Britain’s first eco-towns - in...

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• John Denham challenges Tories on council tax plans

  John Denham Southampton Itchen MP and Labour's Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has today issued a challenge to the Conservatives over their council tax plans. Speaking at...

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• Medway MPs & MEP welcome £41 million boost to Kent's cash flow

  

  Labour MPs for Chatham & Aylesford and Gilingham and Rainham, Jonathan Shaw and Paul Clark and South East Labour MEP Peter Skinner gathered at Gillingham Business Park yesterday (Sunday 31st...

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• Naz Sarkar selected as new Reading West Labour PPC

  

  At their selection meeting on 13th June 2009, Reading West constituency Labour Party chose Naz Sarkar as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Reading West at the next general election....

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• October's Campaign Club Winner

  The lucky winner drawn out of the regional office hat for October is Gregory MacDonald. Not only does Gregory win £100 for himself - his constituency, Milton Keynes South, will also be receiving...

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• New Deputy South East Minister announced

  

  Laura Moffatt, MP for Crawley, has been appointed as Deputy Regional Minister for the South East. Laura has resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health to take...

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