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Labour Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Candidate Urges Shoppers to Show Respect to Retail Workers

As shops in Essex start to reopen, Chris Vince, the Labour Party candidate for next year’s Police and Crime Commissioner elections has reminded shoppers to help retail workers by following the social distancing rules and showing respect. Unfortunately, even before the Covid-19 restrictions came into place, shop workers saw on…

Harlow Labour Council Leader Condemns Boris Johnson Over Care Home Comments

By Councillor Mark Ingall Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s attempt to blame his government’s failure to…

Cllr Chris Vince on Keir Starmer Speaking at LGA Conference

By Councillor Chris Vince

Vic Goddard Should Be Applauded Not Criticised

By Councillor Chris Vince

Conservative Government Plans for More Terminus House Style Conversions? Labour Leader Speaks Out.

By Councillor Mark Ingall

Harlow Labour Pledge to Carry On the Fight Against Converted Office Blocks Despite Recent Tory Developments

Harlow Labour pledge to carry on the fight against converted office blocks as most senior Tory advisor says he will ‘take axe to planning law’ whilst the Housing and Communities Secretary is mired in scandal. Harlow Labour have reaffirmed their pledge to keep fighting for changes in planning laws to…

Talking Points: Pride, Just Another Cancelled Party?

By Daniel Valaitis, Harlow Labour’s LGBTQ+ Officer Attending London Pride for the first time, I…

Talking Points: Labour’s General Election Review is Very Welcome – Councillor Chris Vince

By Councillor Chris Vince The recently published review into the Labour party’s performance at the…

Harlow Labour Council Leader Calls for ‘Back to Work Budget’ to Combat Harlow’s Unemployment

We need a Back to Work Budget for Harlow by Councillor Mark Ingall Reports have shown that the economic impact of COVID-19 is beginning to hit in Harlow and we need a clear plan from the government to fight it. The Government was too slow to recognise the scale of…

Councillor Frances Mason Reflects Upon the Free School Meals Campaign Success

By Cllr Frances Mason It was the 4th week of lock down when I started…

Labour Calls on the Government to Fund Free School Meals Over the Summer Holidays

Labour will today use an opposition day debate in Parliament to call on the Government to continue to directly fund provision of free school meals, including the free school meal voucher scheme for eligible children over the summer holidays to ensure a holiday without hunger. We can't let 1.3 million…

Labour Council Leader: “We are on the side of schools, teachers, pupils and parents. I wish that Robert Halfon was too.”

Harlow Labour have welcomed the news that the Government have u-turned on forcing schools to…

Children’s Lottery for Free School Meals This Summer

Whilst the Government is aware this pandemic is having far reaching effects and has extended Furlough until October 2020, it is concerning that Free School Meal Vouchers (FSM) will stop during the summer holidays. You do know that kids don't suddenly stop being hungry just because it's the summer holidays,…

Councillor Chris Vince Takes a Moment to Thank Harlow’s Army of Volunteers

By Councillor Chris Vince

Call for Enquiry Into Poor Health Comes for BAME Communities

Whilst there has been much written about Covid-19 and how it doesn’t discriminate, emerging research…

Cllr Mark Ingall Calls on Essex County Council to Work With Harlow to Improve Cycle Tracks

Councillor Mark Ingall, Leader of Harlow District Council and of the Harlow Labour group of councillors has written to Councillor Kevin Bentley, Essex County Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure. Cllr Ingall calls on Essex to use government funding to improve Harlow’s crumbling cycle network that is currently…

Blogpost: Governance, Diversity and Equality in Harlow Means Getting It Right, Being Fair and Valuing Difference

Written by Councillor Frances Mason I was delighted to step into the shoes of Cllr…

Leader of Harlow Council Repeats Call for PM Adviser Dominic Cummings to Be Sacked

By Mark Ingall, Many Harlow residents will feel disgusted by the Prime Minister’s press conference…

Harlow Labour Put Pressure on Tory Controlled Essex County Council Not to Fully Open Schools in Harlow on 1st June

Harlow’s Labour Councillors put pressure on Tory controlled Essex County Council today to not fully open schools in Harlow until it is safe to do so. In a letter to the Tory leader of Essex County Council: Councillor David Finch, the Labour Group of Harlow Councillors implored him to use…

Council Leader Welcomes News of “Cycle Path Revolution” in Harlow

Councillor Mark Ingall, leader of Harlow Council welcomed the announcement yesterday by Essex County Council of a “Cycle Path Revolution” in Harlow. Councillor Ingall said “The government have given Essex the money, now Essex needs to give Harlow its share and that needs to be spent repairing our cycle tracks…

Survey of Harlow Schools Reveal 20% of Schools Surveyed Were Aware of Children Going Hungry During the COVID-19 Crisis

By Councillor Frances Mason Trying to understand the problems parents were disclosing around the Free…