Dear Friend and Supporter,
The next Campaign meeting of Reddish Labour Party will take place on Saturday April 2nd 2011 at 12pm (noon) at a new venue: Houldsworth Working Men’s Club, Leamington Rd, Reddish, SK5 6BD. (http://www.thomsonlocal.com/Houldsworth+Working+Mens+Club/0093375306501947010/companyinfo.html)
Agenda:
1. Members Present and apologies.
2. Matters arising.
4. Report from the Chair of Branch.
5. Campaign Reports (Implementation of the Commission recommendations into our campaigning/fresh approaches to campaigning).
6. Motion for debate (TBD).
7. A.O.B/General politics and current affairs discussion.
Members with any ideas of a motion to debate around (as agreed at the last meeting) then please contact the secretary ASAP. Thanks.
As we have brought the meeting into Reddish to make our party more inclusive we hope to see as many members as possible. Please join us at our Street Stall at Houldsworth Square directly before the Campaign Meeting (10:30 am to 12:00 pm) where we will be campaigning and petitioning against the cuts to public services and particularly the privatisation of our NHS.
Thank you,
Christopher Hill- Reddish Branch Secretary
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Friday, 18 February 2011
Notice of Branch Meeting- 25/2/2011.
The next Branch meeting of Reddish Labour Party will take place on Friday evening, February 25th 2011 at 7.30pm at our usual venue: Stockport Labour Club, 2 Lloyd Street, Heaton, Norris (Just off the A6).
Agenda:
1. Members Present and apologies.
2. Matters arising.
3. Councillor and MP reports.
4. Report from the Chair of Branch.
5. Campaign Report.
6. How do we make meetings more accessible and enjoyable?
7. A.O.B/General politics and current affairs discussion. (The possibility of an AV debate for Stockport or Reddish Branch before the referendum?).
After the meeting there is a fundraising Pub Quiz taking place and we would love it if you could join us for what will be a fun evening (it would be great if we could enter a few teams). Don’t worry the quizmaster is not Bamber Gascoigne so there’s a question in there for everybody!
National TUC March through London and Hyde Park Rally against the Cuts. Saturday March 26th 2011. If anyone is interested further details can be provided from Cllr David Wilson at the meeting or before at davidstephenwilson@yahoo.co.uk
Agenda:
1. Members Present and apologies.
2. Matters arising.
3. Councillor and MP reports.
4. Report from the Chair of Branch.
5. Campaign Report.
6. How do we make meetings more accessible and enjoyable?
7. A.O.B/General politics and current affairs discussion. (The possibility of an AV debate for Stockport or Reddish Branch before the referendum?).
After the meeting there is a fundraising Pub Quiz taking place and we would love it if you could join us for what will be a fun evening (it would be great if we could enter a few teams). Don’t worry the quizmaster is not Bamber Gascoigne so there’s a question in there for everybody!
National TUC March through London and Hyde Park Rally against the Cuts. Saturday March 26th 2011. If anyone is interested further details can be provided from Cllr David Wilson at the meeting or before at davidstephenwilson@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Reddish Labour Party's AGM 21.01.2011
At Reddish Labour Party's AGM 21.01.2011
The Membership elected :
David Sedgewick Chair
Chris Hill Secretary
David Wilson Assistant Secretary
Tom Grundy Treasurer
Youth Officer Mike Marshall
Vice Chair's Paul Moss & Mark
The Membership elected :
David Sedgewick Chair
Chris Hill Secretary
David Wilson Assistant Secretary
Tom Grundy Treasurer
Youth Officer Mike Marshall
Vice Chair's Paul Moss & Mark
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LEADER OF STOCKPORT LABOUR GROUP
LIB DEM COUNCILLORS RESIGN FROM STOCKPORT LIBDEM GROUP
Two long standing LibDem Councillors have resigned from Stockport LibDem Group as they can no longer support the policies being pursued by their Party as part of the Tory-led Government.
Cllr David White and Cllr Roy Driver will form a new Independent Group on Stockport Council. They have both applied to join the Labour Party and have agreed to take the Labour whip.
Cllr Andy Verdeille said “I am not at all surprised these Councillors find themselves unable to continue their support for this Tory-led Coalition. The impact of the cuts being imposed on Stockport will be catastrophic for jobs and services. I hope more LibDem Councillors will seriously question just how much they are prepared to support”.
Two long standing LibDem Councillors have resigned from Stockport LibDem Group as they can no longer support the policies being pursued by their Party as part of the Tory-led Government.
Cllr David White and Cllr Roy Driver will form a new Independent Group on Stockport Council. They have both applied to join the Labour Party and have agreed to take the Labour whip.
Cllr Andy Verdeille said “I am not at all surprised these Councillors find themselves unable to continue their support for this Tory-led Coalition. The impact of the cuts being imposed on Stockport will be catastrophic for jobs and services. I hope more LibDem Councillors will seriously question just how much they are prepared to support”.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
EMA
The Labour Party also supported this campaign locally by tabling a motion in the recent Stockport MBC meeting and we are pleased to say the motion passed receiving cross party support. We believe that EMA offers the young people of Reddish and Stockport the opportunity to stay on in Further Education. Furthermore, we believe EMA offers the opportunity for young people to consider Higher Education thus opening up the life chances for the young people of Stockport by allowing them to become socially mobile. We will continue the fight for the young people of Stockport!
Stockport Labour Group- NEWS RELEASE!
14 January 2011
Labour Outraged as Council Tells Cuts Protestors: “You Can Only Come In If You Have a Ticket”
The Leader of Stockport’s Labour Councillors has demanded that the Council drops plans to limit the number of protestors able to attend a public meeting next week.
The Council’s UNISON branch plans to hold a “silent protest” against cuts and job losses when the Executive meets at 6pm on Monday 14 January. Parents, students and staff of Offerton School are also expected to turn out in large numbers for the meeting, where the Lib Dem-controlled Executive is expected to approve the school’s closure.
Councillors were informed today by email that admission to the meeting, which is by law a public one, will be heavily restricted, with members of the public, opposition councillors and members of the press required to queue up for a limited number of tickets (around 50) to be released half an hour before the meeting starts. Despite the expected numbers, the meeting is to be held in the usual Committee Room and not the adjacent 500-seater Ballroom, meaning that large numbers of protestors are likely to be excluded.
Cllr Andy Verdeille commented:
“It’s an absolute disgrace that faced with the prospect of local people coming to the Town Hall to make a dignified protest, this Council’s automatic response is to come up with a plan to keep as many of them as possible outside on the pavement. It’s quite extraordinary, and just as unacceptable, that they also expect to stop elected members of this Council from going into the meeting.
“This Lib Dem council is running scared, scared that ordinary people will want to object to the measures that they are introducing. Executive Councillors will be cowering in the Town Hall hidden from view, a fine example of the public openness demanded by their coalition government.
“I say move the Executive meeting to the Town Hall Ballroom and allow in anyone who wants to come along. To do anything else would be simply outrageous. This is an important public meeting, and must be open to all – not just an arbitrary number of lucky ticket holders”.
Labour Outraged as Council Tells Cuts Protestors: “You Can Only Come In If You Have a Ticket”
The Leader of Stockport’s Labour Councillors has demanded that the Council drops plans to limit the number of protestors able to attend a public meeting next week.
The Council’s UNISON branch plans to hold a “silent protest” against cuts and job losses when the Executive meets at 6pm on Monday 14 January. Parents, students and staff of Offerton School are also expected to turn out in large numbers for the meeting, where the Lib Dem-controlled Executive is expected to approve the school’s closure.
Councillors were informed today by email that admission to the meeting, which is by law a public one, will be heavily restricted, with members of the public, opposition councillors and members of the press required to queue up for a limited number of tickets (around 50) to be released half an hour before the meeting starts. Despite the expected numbers, the meeting is to be held in the usual Committee Room and not the adjacent 500-seater Ballroom, meaning that large numbers of protestors are likely to be excluded.
Cllr Andy Verdeille commented:
“It’s an absolute disgrace that faced with the prospect of local people coming to the Town Hall to make a dignified protest, this Council’s automatic response is to come up with a plan to keep as many of them as possible outside on the pavement. It’s quite extraordinary, and just as unacceptable, that they also expect to stop elected members of this Council from going into the meeting.
“This Lib Dem council is running scared, scared that ordinary people will want to object to the measures that they are introducing. Executive Councillors will be cowering in the Town Hall hidden from view, a fine example of the public openness demanded by their coalition government.
“I say move the Executive meeting to the Town Hall Ballroom and allow in anyone who wants to come along. To do anything else would be simply outrageous. This is an important public meeting, and must be open to all – not just an arbitrary number of lucky ticket holders”.
Your Two Labour Candidates in Reddish North!
Pictured: Reddish North Candidates Paul Moss and Cllr David Wilson. Both are standing to be your representatives on May 5th. (Two Votes on May 5th 2011).
Labour Cares for Reddish!
Cllr Peter Scott, Labour candidate (Reddish North) Paul Moss and Andrew Gwynne MP (Denton and Reddish) campaigning on the issues that matter to you!
Your Labour Party in Reddish!
Labours Councillors collecting for Charity ( Over £100 raised ) Xmas 2010.
Paul Moss candidate for Reddish North!
Paul Moss candidate for Reddish North
pictured with Unision members campaigning against Council Cuts at the Stockport MBC Executive meeting in January 2011
Saturday, 14 August 2010
The Lib Dem response to Cllr Walter Brett's letter to the Stockport Express!
From: Cllr David White
To: Cllr Walter Brett
Sent: Thursday, 5 August, 2010 12:06:10
Subject: Letter
Walter,
I note your letter which appears on your blog and I would again ask the question that if 20% VAT is “an attack on the poor” why was 17.5% left as the rate from 1997 to 2010? Apart from a small section of 15%
The issue with Reddish South Station well I was appalled at the decision in 1991 and attacked it at the time but I would still do it now.
The fake shock at some of the things happening now are just sickening from this New Labour Group in Stockport .
This is your deficit and there would have been 12.5% cuts and the deficit would have been 50% of now, how would that have been paid for?
Best Wishes
Dave
Councillor David White
Liberal Democrat, Davenport and Cale Green Ward
Executive Member for Transportation
To: Cllr Walter Brett
Sent: Thursday, 5 August, 2010 12:06:10
Subject: Letter
Walter,
I note your letter which appears on your blog and I would again ask the question that if 20% VAT is “an attack on the poor” why was 17.5% left as the rate from 1997 to 2010? Apart from a small section of 15%
The issue with Reddish South Station well I was appalled at the decision in 1991 and attacked it at the time but I would still do it now.
The fake shock at some of the things happening now are just sickening from this New Labour Group in Stockport .
This is your deficit and there would have been 12.5% cuts and the deficit would have been 50% of now, how would that have been paid for?
Best Wishes
Dave
Councillor David White
Liberal Democrat, Davenport and Cale Green Ward
Executive Member for Transportation
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Cllr Walter Brett's letter to the Stockport Express!
Dear Sir,
It hasn’t taken the local Lib Dems long to return to their old tricks, in this case refusing to take any responsibility for their own actions, while trying to divert attention elsewhere. Andrew Stunnell, newly installed as a minister in David Cameron’s government, hopes to blame the last Labour government for the devastating and unnecessary cuts he is now helping to make, rather than his new Tory master’s determination to carry on where Margaret Thatcher left off. Make no mistake – the current hatchet-wielding has nothing to do with cutting the deficit, which was under control, with a clear plan to pay it down, and everything to do with dismantling our public services for ideological reasons. The rise in VAT (which the Lib Dems were vehemently opposed to in May) is merely a “downside” as far as Mr Stunnell is concerned, rather than the callous attack on the poorest households it actually is.
Meanwhile, Cllr David White, who clearly has time on his hands since his mysterious departure from the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, treats us to a ramble round various topics. Of course we were disappointed that Reddish South station, closed under his new Tory friends in 1991, wasn’t reopened under the last Labour government, despite our campaigning (which will continue) but the fact is that it is now going to stay closed so long as the Con-Dem coalition keeps cutting budgets and services. As far as funding for rebuilding local schools goes, we are quite aware that Lib Dem-run Stockport Council botched and bungled its Building Schools for the Future bid, but as a result of the Con-Dem cuts, our children will remain in crumbling buildings for the foreseeable future. Finally, he too refuses to take any responsibility for the VAT hike, but hopes it might be cut at some unidentified point in the future. I too hope that the Lib Dems (and their new Tory bosses) realise they have got it wrong – I won’t be holding my breath though.
Councillor Walter Brett
Labour, Reddish South
It hasn’t taken the local Lib Dems long to return to their old tricks, in this case refusing to take any responsibility for their own actions, while trying to divert attention elsewhere. Andrew Stunnell, newly installed as a minister in David Cameron’s government, hopes to blame the last Labour government for the devastating and unnecessary cuts he is now helping to make, rather than his new Tory master’s determination to carry on where Margaret Thatcher left off. Make no mistake – the current hatchet-wielding has nothing to do with cutting the deficit, which was under control, with a clear plan to pay it down, and everything to do with dismantling our public services for ideological reasons. The rise in VAT (which the Lib Dems were vehemently opposed to in May) is merely a “downside” as far as Mr Stunnell is concerned, rather than the callous attack on the poorest households it actually is.
Meanwhile, Cllr David White, who clearly has time on his hands since his mysterious departure from the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, treats us to a ramble round various topics. Of course we were disappointed that Reddish South station, closed under his new Tory friends in 1991, wasn’t reopened under the last Labour government, despite our campaigning (which will continue) but the fact is that it is now going to stay closed so long as the Con-Dem coalition keeps cutting budgets and services. As far as funding for rebuilding local schools goes, we are quite aware that Lib Dem-run Stockport Council botched and bungled its Building Schools for the Future bid, but as a result of the Con-Dem cuts, our children will remain in crumbling buildings for the foreseeable future. Finally, he too refuses to take any responsibility for the VAT hike, but hopes it might be cut at some unidentified point in the future. I too hope that the Lib Dems (and their new Tory bosses) realise they have got it wrong – I won’t be holding my breath though.
Councillor Walter Brett
Labour, Reddish South
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Q and A session with Ed Balls- Denton Labour Club- 2nd July 2010.
Labour members in Denton and Reddish CLP and beyond got the chance to grill the RT Honourable Ed Balls MP and test his Leaderhsip credentials at Q and A event organised by our MP Andrew Gwynne. Very enjoyable and informative event for all concerned.
Monday, 28 June 2010
Labour's Vision!
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The Tory Budget is full of cuts that will hit families hard!
George Osborne delivered a Budget that will throw people out of work, hold back economic growth and damage the public services we all rely on. The Tories have broken their promise to be fair, with tax increases and benefit cuts that will hit hardest at the people who can least afford it.
These cuts will affect you, your family and the people around you. This Budget will affect everyone:
•Growth next year would have been higher and unemployment lower with Labour’s responsible, credible plan to halve the deficit over four years
•Increasing VAT from 17.5% to 20%, so that higher prices will be paid in the shops by everyone, from pensioners to the unemployed
•Cuts to tax credits, and cutting back free school meals
•Cuts to the disability living allowance, cuts to help for the jobless
•Freezing Child Benefit for the next three years
It is important to set the record straight, the Tories can't encourage economic growth, and reduce the deficit, by throwing people out of their jobs and abandoning support for business. People will be worrying about what these cuts will mean to their livelihoods, and for the future of their family.
These cuts will affect you, your family and the people around you.Write to your local paper using the following link: http://www2.labour.org.uk/budget-2010.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
A Thank You To Reddish!
This is the time for the Labour Party team here in Reddish to thank the electorates of both Reddish North and Reddish South for the magnificent support given to the Labour Party in both the recent General and Local elections. We promise to continue to work for all the people of Reddish both in Parliament with our MP Andrew Gwynne, and in the Council Chamber with our Labour Team of Councillors. We are here at your service throughout the year. We hold advice bureau’s every week, we deliver our Labour Link news letters throughout Reddish on a regular basis and we campaign throughout the year on issues that effect Reddish. We are proud to support Reddish and we thank Reddish for supporting us!
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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