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Worcester Labour Did Well in EU Vote

26/5/2014

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The Worcester City results in the European Election were as follows:

An Independance From Europe        490
BNP        342  (down by 1534)
Conservative      7185  (down by 198)
English Democrats     211
Green     2224   (down by 497)
Harmony     36

Labour    6651   (up by 2281)

Lib Dems   1327  (down by 1716)
NO2EU    82
UKIP  7715  (up by 1857)
We Demand a Referendum Now   (616)
 
The votes cast in Worcester were 27022 a turnout of 37.03% . (Votes counted in 2009 were 27393).
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Thank You to Rainbow Hill's Voters

25/5/2014

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Thank you to voters in Rainbow Hill ward.  I am humbled by the numbers who supported me in the local Worcester City Council elections.


I and all Labour councillors will do all we can to protect local people from the savage and unfair cuts forced upon us by the Westminster Con/Dem coalition government. 


Our country is the 6th wealthiest country in the world, but most of us are being forced to struggle with less while the richest people have doubled their wealth.


Who ever you voted for, I assure you that I will do all I can to help you - and all of Rainbow Hill's residents - for as long as I am your councillor.




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Tories slash County Hall to pieces - set for its biggest structural change in history

16/5/2014

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Tories at Worcestershire County Council have voted to slash services and privatise what's left. 


Labour opposed these changes. If you give less money to commercial companies than you are spending now, expect them to make a profit from our public investment, how does that protect our services?


Only Tories believe these fairy tales!
bit.ly/RIgZH4 
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  Poorer Children Being Let Down By Worcestershire Schools

13/5/2014

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The educational outcomes of children eligible for free school meals have been worse than those of children from better off families ever since records began.  However, recent figures presented to county councillors show that free school meals children in Worcestershire do less well than those elsewhere.

The latest figures from 2013 show that the gap between the achievement of children getting free meals and those who don’t is bigger in Worcestershire in than the rest of the country and bigger than similar counties


As Labour spokesman on education at the county council, and a former teacher, I think it is completely unacceptable that poorer children are being left behind in Worcestershire.  Our schools are doing well for most children, but these figures should be a real cause for concern. Poorer children deserve to be educated well, not just the better off. If other education authorities can do it, why isn’t Worcestershire?  

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Over 100 BILLIONaires in UK - three times 10 years ago

11/5/2014

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The obscenely rich grow in numbers in the UK year after year.


At the same time, the number of people using foodbanks, paying unavoidable bedroom tax and relying on social security just to exist has sky-rocketed.


Cameron's Britain is failing the vast majority of our citizens. 


http://bbc.in/1szOqZS
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7,000 Redundant NHS Doctors, Nurses, Clinicians under Tories

9/5/2014

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Our population is growing and we are living longer, but this means more of us need the NHS.


Created by Labour in 1948, the Tories almost destroyed it under Margaret Thatcher. Ahead of the 2010 election, David Cameron promosed to maintain funding levels. However, much of the NHS cash has been wasted on unnecessary expensive reorganisation.
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Cameron's government are trying to privatise as much of our NHS as possible and we now know that £20 BILLION CUTS have cost the jobs of 7,000 front-line NHS clinical staff - including doctors and nurses - since 2010. This piece in the Guardian has the full facts bit.ly/1ofJ3iE
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Don't Forget to Use Your Postal Vote.

9/5/2014

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Postal voting papers are landing on doorsteps from today. Although they don't have to reach the returning officer until 10pm Thursday 22nd May at the latest, why not do it NOW so it doesn't get accidentally forgotten or lost? 
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Hardworking Britain will be Better Off Under Labour

5/5/2014

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These elections will see Labour setting out plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis. Hardworking Britain will be better off with Labour.
 
David Cameron can’t solve the crisis because he stands up for a privileged few not working people and the Liberal Democrats are part of the problem not part of the solution.
 
What's happening today
 
Labour has revealed new research showing that despite David Cameron's claim to have cut energy bills millions of people won't benefit.
 
Top lines
 
David Cameron's energy policy is a con - the Government has failed to ensure that promised savings on energy bills are passed on to customers. The next Labour government will freeze your energy bills until 2017.
 
Key points
 
  • 3.7 million people won't benefit from the cuts to green levies that David Cameron boasts about.
  • The Tories didn't force the big energy companies to pass on savings to consumers.
  • The average energy bill is still £60 higher this year compared to last year and up £300 since 2010.
  • Labour's energy price freeze would save families £120.
 
Background
 
In response to Labour’s price freeze David Cameron announced cuts to green levies. He repeatedly claimed consumers’ bills would fall by £50 following these changes.
 
However, figures uncovered by Labour and published today show that four of the big six energy companies have failed to pass on the full savings to all of their customers. In total 3.7 million customers are estimated to miss out on over £140 million of savings.
 
Hardworking Britain will be better off with Labour
 
Labour will stop unfair price rises by freezing energy bills up to January 2017, to help families and businesses facing a cost-of-living crisis. This will save a typical household £120. An incoming Labour government will legislate immediately to make this happen.
 
We will increase competition and transparency by forcing the energy companies to do three things: separate out the parts of their business that generate energy from the parts that sell to consumers, sell all their energy in an open pool, and introduce a simple new tariff structure.
 
We will abolish Ofgem which has failed to stand up for consumers and replace it with a tough new energy watchdog from January 2017.
 
We will provide the policy certainty and support needed to unlock investment in clean energy by setting a 2030 decarbonisation target, giving the Green Investment Bank more powers.
 
Other issues
 
Pfizer's bid to take over AstraZeneca: Labour has serious concerns about Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca that could undermine one of the UK’s most significant investors in research and development. Instead of David Cameron cheerleading for this bid, he should be standing up for the national interest with a proper assessment of the long term effects it will have.
 
Railways: ‎As Ed Miliband said yesterday, we have got to be pragmatic and recognise that the system at the moment has flaws in it. Passengers are paying high fares in this country and we are paying big subsidies from the taxpayer. We are looking at the options on the railways but we are not going to go back to old-style British Rail.‎
 
UKIP: UKIP and Nigel Farage are pretending that they are the champions of Britain’s hardworking people. But this is a politician who is the only one ‘keeping the flame of Thatcherism alive’. We have a clear message for UKIP and Mr Farage: you cannot claim to be a party for working people when you would put up their taxes, destroy jobs, introduce charging for our health service, and strip back basic rights like maternity pay.
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    Paul Denham is a Labour Councillor on Worcestershire County and Worcester City councils. He represents the Rainbow Hill ward. 

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