Labour Will Cancel Oxford-Cambridge Expressway

Labour Will Cancel Oxford-Cambridge Expressway The controversial Oxford-Cambridge Expressway will be cancelled by a Labour Government.  The news was confirmed by David Morgan, Labour candidate for the Buckingham constituency, after the region’s Labour candidates, led by Cambridge’s Daniel Zeichner, secured support for the policy shift from Labour Shadow Secretary of…

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Hustings Speech, Haddenham, 4th December 2019

This election is about Vision & Values. It is not just the Brexit Election. It is the Climate Emergency Election. The Social Justice Election. The What Kind of World Do We Want for our children election. We stand at a “1945 Moment”. Despite fears about the costs, the impossibility, the…

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Hustings Speech, Winslow, 25 November 2019

Intro This election is about Vision & Values.  Who are we as a people, what kind of future we want for our children. Some say it’s the Brexit election. But it’s also the climate change election, the NHS election, The how do we heal the nation and restore trust in…

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Environmental, Family and Rural Issues at Heart of Labour Party Manifesto

The Labour Party manifesto recognises that if we don’t take urgent action to deal with the climate emergency, we’ll have no planet to live on.  Economic growth cannot be at the expense of our environment.  We need to plan for a sustainable future, and a just future, that helps everyone…

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No To The Expressway

19 Nov 2019

Labour candidate David Morgan backs the NEG campaign. If you would like to meet David and find out more about him and what he represents, please contact us through the Buckingham Labour Party Facebook page.  David Morgan said earlier today: “The Expressway has no economic justification or democratic mandate.  We need…

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Buckingham Constituency Labour Party announce their candidate for 2019 General Election

07 Nov 2019

  The Labour candidate at the general election for the Buckingham constituency will be David Morgan. David is a Buckinghamshire man who has spent his life campaigning in the local community, and internationally, for social justice.  A former lecturer in Constitutional Law and Politics, David has worked as a regular…

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Tories failing the people of Bucks

23 Apr 2019

The news that cash-strapped Tory controlled Buckingham County Council spent £40 million on agency staff over the last five years demonstrates once again how The Tory Council is failing the people of Buckinghamshire. Vital services are in crisis through Tory incompetence nationally, and ineptness locally. The Tories are just not…

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Labour councillors representing the people of Bucks

23 Apr 2019

The musical chairs of establishing a new unitary authority for Bucks won’t hide the failings of our Tory led County and District councils. This is why it is vital that Labour holds them to account in the ‘shadow’ authority. As Buckingham Labour’s Robin Stutchbury says: The shadow authority will yield…

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New Unitary Authority for Bucks

02 Nov 2018

James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has today announced that Buckinghamshire will form a new Unitary Authority to sit alongside Labour-led Milton Keynes. The Labour Party in Buckinghamshire feels that the move from 4 District Councils and 1 County Council towards a single unitary authority…

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Tory Bucks Failure in Social Care

01 Oct 2018

Tory controlled Bucks County Council pledged to produce an annual ‘Local Account’ of its priorities and progress in provision of social care and public health.  But BCC has failed to honour this pledge.  They have failed to produce a Local Account for the last two years. The County Council produced…

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Save our Buckingham Community Hospital Beds

Vital beds are under threat at Buckingham Community Hospital in proposals shrouded in secrecy.  Buckingham Labour  will do all we can to support the campaign to stop the cuts and keep the beds at our community hospital. Vital Service Under Threat Buckingham Community Hospital provides care for patients who may…

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A future at risk from Tory cuts in youth services

22 Sep 2018

The Tories have slashed spending on youth services putting the futures of many of our children at risk.   Central government funding for local authorities has been slashed year on year since 2010.  In 2010 we spent £1.2 billion on youth work, youth services and related youth activity; last year we…

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School exclusions letting Bucks kids down

21 Sep 2018

Department for Education data for 2015/16 showed Buckinghamshire as one of the highest permanently excluding authorities in England. Exclusions across primary and secondary schools in Bucks have doubled over the last few years. National statistics show that half the children excluded has a recognised mental health need. They are four…

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Young families priced out of decent housing

18 Sep 2018

More and more young families are being priced out of decent housing.  We all need a secure home. Under the Conservatives, affordable housebuilding has fallen to a 24-year low. Labour will build the genuinely affordable homes to rent and buy that the country needs. A Labour government would  remove government…

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Tory failure to plan school places

09 Sep 2018

County Chiefs have warned that there will be a shortage of school places as schools are already at full capacity. As housing development continues apace in Buckinghamshire, it is projected there will be a growing shortage of school places.  In April,  the Tory leader of Bucks County  said space for…

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Cuts to household recycling centres

30 Aug 2018

Tory Bucks County Council is looking to find ‘savings’ by closing two household recycling centres and introducing charges for some kinds of waste. The proposals include closing Bledlow and Burnham, and to bring in selected weekday closures on days when the site at Aylesbury (Rabans Lane) is ‘less used’.  …

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The Tories ‘inadequate’ children’s services

25 Aug 2018

Early this year Ofsted slammed Tory controlled Bucks County Council for its ‘inconsistent and piecemeal’ approach to  ‘inadequate’ children’s services.   The official watchdog warned that a high turnover of social workers, and  high caseloads were leaving vulnerable children ‘at risk’ and in ‘vulnerable circumstances’. The Inspectors warned that whilst…

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High rents hitting young families hard

19 Aug 2018

Housing costs in the south east of England are unaffordable for young families, even in social housing.   Young families deserve better. A recent report shows that 51% of households in the SE  headed by someone under 35 would be unable to afford a lower quartile private sector rent. This…

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NHS plans £34m cuts in Buckinghamshire workforce

18 Aug 2018

The  Local Sustainability and Transformation plan has revealed £34m could be cut from the NHS’s workforce in Bucks over the next half decade. Join us in Buckingham Labour Party to campaign against the cuts. So-called ‘efficiency savings’ are bleeding the NHS with cuts in beds and staff shortages.  As a…

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437 fewer teachers in Buckinghamshire Schools by 2020

18 Aug 2018

Tory government cuts in central grant will mean there will be 437 fewer teachers in Buckinghamshire schools by 2020. Let’s stop the cuts. Join with us in Buckingham Labour party to fight the Tory bargain basement approach to our children education. We need investment in education to give all our…

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Acute social housing shortage in Bucks

18 Aug 2018

As elsewhere across the country the number of families in temporary accommodation (normally B&Bs) has increased in Bucks.   The main reason for this is a decrease in the stock of social housing and of affordable rented accommodation. There are over 3000 on the waiting list in Bucks.  Yet the…

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