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OFFENDERS PROUD TO PAY BACK COMMUNITY Nottingham’s local community is flowing better today thanks to Community Payback teams supported by Labour. A fountain at Highfield, in University Park, was dirty, full of mud and silt after years of being ignored. However it is working again today as a result of a scheme where offenders are [...]
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/City-UK-leader-renewable-energy/article-1486461-detail/article.html Nottingham and Nottingham Labour Party are leading the country in the development of Green Energy, the Nottingham Evening Post reported this week. The city generated four per cent of its own energy from renewable sources and waste in 2006 – more than five times higher than the next best city. The second [...]
August 2009 was a very significant month for our City. You’ll have no doubt seen that the Government approved plans for Phase Two of the Nottingham Express Transit expansion – known better to you and me as the Tram. Nottingham Labour have pushed for this extension because we believe that for our City to grow, [...]
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/City-car-use-drops-transport-investment/article-1287637-detail/article.html This is an Evening Post article citing academic work that shows that the investment of time and money into our City’s public transport by the City Councilhas paid off in a reduction of car use. The Labour Party in Nottingham is committed to improving the environment and a big step towards this is reducing [...]
The first ever free, day-long Music Festival in Basford to be run by Arboretum Records, in collaboration with the Nottingham City Council and the Greater Nottinghamshire Partnership; · Featuring 11 local acts and headlined by internationally renowned funksters The Apples ; · Hands-on music making workshops for all the family, in conjunction with [...]
It has now been confirmed by the Government that Nottingham has been given the green light to extend it’s tram network bringing coverage to more businesses, thousands of homes and creating jobs. Councillor Jane Urquhart (Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for Transport & Area Working) said: “This is a massive boost for Nottingham. NET Phase Two [...]
It’s “TEN OUT OF TEN” for Basford! Ten new highway projects have been secured for Basford. The new investment will take place in August 2009 through to spring 2010. 1) £1.2m is to be spent on upgrading highways in Basford, this includes…. 2) £625,000 to improve the junction at Hucknall Road / Arnold Road 3) [...]
Labour Nottingham City Councillors are urging businesses and local communities to support their ambition for Nottingham to be recognised nationally and globally as a Fairtrade City. Basford Councillor Mick Newton moved a motion at the Full Council meeting on Monday 13th July, which outlined the council’s commitment to only use Fairtrade products for internal [...]
Recently David Cameron confirmed he would not protect Sure Start from funding cuts, if he gets elected. Nottingham City Council Labour Group believes that all our children must be given the best start possible. Sure Start is a vital way of doing that, last year helping over 7,000 families in Nottingham. Dales Ward [...]
After years of hard work from the community we were delighted to see yet more investment into Clifton – a new school is to be built in the area. Proposals were recently made public for the school, which is planned to be built close to the existing Farnborough School. It would be designed to [...]
The Government’s SureStart programme has helped hundreds of thousands of people all over the country. It aims to improve the quality of childcare, early education, health and family support in our communities. It’s a sign of how seriously the government takes tackling inequality and how seriously they want to make sure that all children and young parents get [...]
Radford Councillors, Katrina Bull, Afzal Khan and Mohammad Aslam have been supporting local residents yet again against Big Business. Several months ago residents asked them to lead a ‘review’ of the license held by a multinational brand of convenience shop, located in Radford – holding a 24 hour license to sell alcohol. This was causing [...]
Sherwood’s local Labour councillors, Penny Griggs, Brian Parbutt and Jane Urquhart are working hard to develop the role of one of our key local facilities, Woodthorpe Park, and put it at the centre of local community activities. “Woodthorpe Park is such a superb asset for Sherwood and Carrington that we need to make sure that we [...]
New buses and shorter waiting times for services to St Anns and the City Hospital have been welcomed by local Labour Councillors Sue Johnson, Dave Liversidge and Jon Collins. The larger, more comfortable buses can also carry more passengers and during the week now run every 7/8 minutes. The new services are a big improvement” says Councillor Sue Johnson, “and with so man [...]
Two years of hard work by Labour Councillors and local residents has paid off in Bestwood.Chediston Vale Park, a much loved community resource, has been in need of investment for some time and it has been announced that it will receive £200,000 to improve the facilities there. In May 2007 the Labour Party in Bestwood [...]