Sharon Taylor and Stevenage's Labour Action Team

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Latest News from Stevenage Labour Party

• Switch On to the Switch Off

  Labour in Stevenage are warning that the town will be sent ‘back to the dark ages’ by County Council plans to switch off street lights. In the first week of April, Tory controlled Hertfordshire County Council will turn off over 11,000 street lights in Stevenage between midnight and 6am plunging...

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• Budget 2012: Millions pay more so millionaire pay less

  Labour in Stevenage have criticised Chancellor George Osborne for delivering a Budget with the wrong priorities which has failed to address failed economic polices and cuts taxes for the very wealthiest as families and pensioners pick up the bill. The Chancellors Budget means that a family with children earning just...

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• 63 frontline police officers lost in Hertfordshire

  Latest figures show that 9 out of every 10 police officers lost as a result of government cuts were from the front line. Cuts to the policing budget have meant that over 4,000 officers have gone from front line jobs in the first year of the Tory-led Government alone, with...

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• Labour calls for tax break for small businesses in Stevenage

  Stevenage Labour is calling on the Chancellor George Osborne to give small firms in the town a New Year tax break to help them take on new workers. By extending the national insurance holiday, which does not currently extend to the East, South East or London, to all businesses in...

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• Stevenage commuters challenge the Tory-led Government on unfair rail increases

  

  Stevenage commuters today challenged the Tory-led Government on unfair hikes in the price of rail tickets. The commuters are being supported by Labour's General Election candidate, Sharon Taylor. She joined them this morning at Stevenage train station to listen to their concerns about the effect of the increase. The price...

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• The Oval goes Christmas Crackers

  

  Hundreds of Stevenage residents flocked to the Christmas Market at the Oval shopping centre in Martins Wood last Saturday (10 Dec). Organised by the Oval Community Centre Association and Labour Councillor Sarah Walker, the day of fun lifted the spirits of local people. Father Christmas’s reindeers came to...

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• Stevenage Tories and Lib Dems reject housing savings

  Labour-led Stevenage Borough Council today backed a move to bring social housing back under Council control, following overwhelming support from tenants and leaseholders. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat opposition parties, however, voted against, abstained…or just didn’t show up. Social housing in Stevenage was transferred to an Arms...

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• Labour Action Team Cleans Up

  Stevenage Labour Party's new environmental action team sprang into action this Sunday, with a blitz clean up along Fairlands Way. Donning high visability vests, the group of Labour Party volunteers picked up litter in a move to improve our local environment. The activity is intended to support and supplement...

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• Budget will hit families in Stevenage hard

  

  Families in Stevenage will be worse off because of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget while the banks get a tax cut this year, Labour Council Leader Sharon Taylor said today. Sharon Taylor said: “George Osborne’s reckless policies are hurting families here...

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• Stevenage says 'NO!' to Police Cuts

  

  Stevenage Labour Party has been out on the streets of the town campaigning against cuts in police numbers. At its street stall in the town centre this week, the Labour Party collected over 200 signatures for its petition against the cuts in just two hours....

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• Tory County Council cuts ‘tip of the iceberg’ says Labour

  Labour responded angrily as Tory-controlled Hertfordshire County Council approved over £80 million of cuts for 2011/12. County Councillor Sharon Taylor (Leader of the Hertfordshire Labour Group) said that the cuts, which include library services, home to school transport, street lighting and support for sheltered schemes were just the...

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• Time for action over "crazy" Lister delays, demands Labour

  Stevenage Labour Leader, Cllr Sharon Taylor, has demanded action from Stevenage’s Tory MP, Stephen McPartland, over delays in improvements to the Lister Hospital. She dubbed the delays “crazy”. Cllr Taylor, attending the Health Scrutiny Committee at Herts County Council, heard local health trust representatives say that the delay...

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• Labour demands fair deal for Stevenage schools

  

  Following the landmark High Court ruling last week, which ruled the Tory-led Government's cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme 'unlawful' and "an abuse of power", Stevenage Council Leader, Cllr Sharon Taylor, demanded a "fair deal" for Stevenage Schools. In Stevenage , new building for Barclay,...

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• Labour condemns coalition support of legal loan sharks

  Cllr Sharon Taylor has condemned the Tory-led government for supporting companies that charge extortionate interest rates for loans. This follows a motion to the House of Commons last week, by Stella Creasey MP, to cap the amount of interest permitted for ‘pay day loans’ and ‘door step loans’....

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• Stevenage Labour Party challenge the Tory-led Government on unfair rail increases

  

  Stevenage Labour Party, along with council leader Sharon Taylor, today challenged the Tory-led Government on unfair hikes in the price of rail tickets. Meeting commuters to speak to them about this year’s annual ticket increase of £252, Sharon and other Labour councillors also posed with a giant train...

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