Council - Waveney Labour Party

Your East Suffolk District Council Candidates

Below is a list of all Labour Candidates for the upcoming East Suffolk District Council Elections. Aldeburgh & Leiston – Philip Harle, Sean O’Reilly, Sushila Zeitlyn Beccles & Worlingham – Tarek Lahin, Peter Shelley Bungay & Wainford – Ian Graham, David Sullivan Carlford & Fynn Valley – Theresa-Jane Dunningham, Jane…

Press Release from Waveney Labour Group

Now that the matter of the alleged Islamophobic comments made by Councillor Ardley has finally been resolved, the Waveney Labour Group are able to make their views very clear. We welcome the strong stance taken by the local Conservative Party in dealing with this, and concur with their decision…

Subject : Lowestoft Record Office

The Waveney Labour Group has supported the Save Our Records Office Campaign from the outset, much of which has been carried out quietly in the background, trying to encourage dialogue between the groups involved to find a solution. Last week we forced the Conservative Administrations in Waveney and Ipswich to…

St Peter’s Court – Waveney Labour holding the Tory Administration to account.

Following pressure from the Waveney Labour Group to have questions answered by WDC about the two Fire Risk Assessments from 2015 and 2017 which came to light following their publication in the ‘Lowestoft Journal in October. At the WDC Extraordinary Overview & Scrutiny Meeting on Monday 27th November, 2017 the…

Overview & Scrutiny Meeting at Riverside Monday 27th November 2017

URGENT Extraordinary WDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting – open to the public at Riverside on Monday 27.11.17 at 6.00pm Importance: High. Being discussed is the extremely important issue of public safety With regard to tower blocks – in particular St Peter’s Court. Which was called to answer questions by Waveney Labour Group,…

Letter to Lowestoft Journal ‘Lowestoft flood risk management project & Kirkley Stream’.

It was really great to see at the presentation last week on the Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project in Lowestoft that the support given to local residents in Pakefield and Carlton Colville during the flooding in July, 2015 alongside the campaigning for flood prevention improvements, which included the gathering of evidence about the…

Stop the merger! – Letter to the press – We have until January 8th 2018 to send objections to Sajid Javid.

At the Simultaneous Cabinet Meeting (Waveney District Council & Suffolk Coastal District Council) held on 13th November, 2017 at Riverside there was a major and historic item on the agenda which should be ofinterest to all Waveney residents and readers of the `EDP`. The two Cabinets consisting of eighteen Cabinet members voted for…

Our NHS is Under Threat! ACT NOW!

Plans in place for the future of the NHS. NHS secret must be out. Do you know what a Sustainability and Transformation Programme (STP) is? There are 44 STP’s across the country which aims to save the NHS money – in Norfolk and Waveney £300m needs to be saved over…

Time to waste: easing traffic disruption in Oulton Broad

Labour’s candidate for the Oulton Broad by-election Len Jacklin has called for a ‘Highways Permit Scheme’ to ease traffic disruption. Len said: ‘If a “HIghways Permit Scheme” had been in place when the National Grid disrupted Bridge Road in Oulton Broad then there might not have been days of inactivity…

Good news for Oulton Broad on GPs

Waveney Labour has been working hard to ensure that Oulton Broad gets the new health centre it needs. Labour’s candidate for the Oulton Broad by-election Len Jacklin said: ‘When the Labour Party carried out our survey recently in Oulton Broad, much concern was voiced about the waiting times for appointments…