Isle of Wight Labour

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• Labour Party Conference 2011

  

  Labour Party Conference 2011 The Annual Party Conference is being held in Liverpool this year on the 25-29th Sepember. Our delegate this year is Jim Moody and at a meeting...

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• July Newsletter

  Just out - the Isle of Wight Labour Party July 2011 Newsletter. Click PDF icon to view....

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• Agricultural Wages Board

  MPs are currently voting to begin the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) - which over 130,000 workers in Britain rely on. The AWB has protected the wages and...

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• Binstead and Fishbourne by-election result

  The results of the by-election were Ian Cobb (Conservative) 424 (37%)...

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• By-election news

  

  Mick Lyons,the Labour Party candidate for the Binstead and Fishbourne by-election is featured on Ventnor Blog and on IW Radio Campaign leaflet is here...

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• IW Council by-election

  

  The Labour Party will be contesting the Binstead and Fishbourne by-election on June 23rd 2011. Mick Lyons will be standing for Labour along with 4 other candidates. They are: Ian...

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• AMM May

  At this month's All Members Meeting a discussion was held on the Government's Health and Social Care Bill. Robert Jones explained some of the implications of this for health services...

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• March for the Alternative

  

  Along with nearly half a million other people the Isle of Wight Labour Party joined the T.U.C. march for an alternative last Saturday. Leaving from Fishbourne on the 8.00 a.m....

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• Annual General Meeting

  

  The Isle of Wight Labour Party is holding its annual general meeting this week. It will take place in the Riverside Centre on 31st March 2011 at 7.30p.m. This will...

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• Isle of Wight Council Budget

  

  The IW Council decided last week to press ahead with its unprecedented cuts to public services - despite protests and opposition from many people on the of Isle of...

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• Stop the Cuts March

  

  On Saturday the 19th February 2011, the Isle of Wight Labour Party joined with council workers, unions and residents of all ages in a march organised by the Stop...

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• The Peoples Budget

  

  As promised last week Labour IW Councillor Geoff Lumley has today (Friday) published his 'People's Budget' as an alternative to the £17.8m cuts package to be proposed by the Tory...

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• March for Services

  

  The Isle of Wight Labour Party is supporting the March and Rally against Council cuts tomorrow, Saturady 19th February. This is being organised by the Stop the Cuts Alliance and...

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• Good news for the Isle of Wight

  

  Good news, the Coalition Government have backed down on their plan to privatise Island Forests and they have decided that the Island should have two MPs. No thanks, in either...

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• Andrew Turner votes to sell off Island forests

  

  This week Andrew Turner voted in favour of selling off UK forests. On the Isle of Wight this could have disastrous consequences. Woodland that could be sold off...

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• Stop the Cuts

  

  The Isle of Wight Labour Party is supporting the Stop the Cuts Campaign. Their website is here - or see the Campaigns page for more details of how you can...

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• Membership Grows

  Since the General Election membership of the Isle of Wight Labour Party has grown dramatically. This has resulted in the re-starting of the Ryde Branch. The Island Labour Party now...

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• THANKS TO ALL LABOUR VOTERS

  Thanks to everyone on the Island who stuck with Labour, stuck with Mark Chiverton, and ignored the siren calls of tactical voting. Once again tactical voting on the Isle of...

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• MARK's GENERAL ELECTION MESSAGE

  Dear Reader Having previously contested the seat in 2005, I am proud to have again been selected as Labour candidate on the Isle of Wight in the forthcoming General Election....

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• LABOUR COUNCILLOR WORKS WITH INDEPENDENTS TO DELIVER ALTERNATIVE BUDGET

  The Isle of Wight's Labour Councillor, Geoff Lumley has today published the 'Alternative Budget' for Full Council that he now traditionally proposes each year in response to the Conservative budget...

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