Harlow Council Leader Calls for Improvement to Town’s Cycle Tracks

10 May 2020

With the government announcing a £2 billion package to boost cycling and walking, we asked the leader of Harlow Council, Cllr Mark Ingall for his thoughts on the proposal. We asked as Cllr Ingall has led a vocal and visual campaign for the improvement of cycle tracks, the responsibility of…

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Harlow Labour Councillors Express Concerns Over Free School Meal Scheme

01 May 2020

Harlow Labour is concerned that the Free School Meal Scheme is letting down School’s, Parents and most of all Children in Harlow. The Company, Edenred, have been tasked with issuing Free School Meal Vouchers and have come under criticism as the COVID-19 crisis has worsened and demand has increased. Councillor…

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Harlow Council Leader Calls for More Availability of Coronavirus Testing for Town’s Key Workers

28 Apr 2020

Government announcements have made clear that testing for COVID-19 infection has recently been opened up to a wider range of key workers and their family members who are self-isolating with symptoms. The nearest Regional Testing Centre for residents of Harlow is at Stansted airport and details of how to apply…

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Harlow Council Leader Writes to MP Robert Halfon over Coronavirus

19 Apr 2020

Councillor, Mark Ingall has written to Robert Halfon MP. You can see this letter below:

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Keep Campaigning for PPE for All NHS Staff and Carers

18 Apr 2020

By Councillor Frances Mason Whilst the government are giving assurances around the provision of PPE…

Campaign for Pubs to Have Their Rents Frozen

11 Apr 2020

By Councillor Shannon Jezzard, I have written to Star Pubs and Bars in support of…

Harlow Council Service Updates – COVID-19 Response

17 Mar 2020

Harlow Labour Council has taken a number of actions today as a result of the national coronavirus situation. To protect the health and wellbeing of residents and staff the following changes were announced by the Chief Executive, Brian Keane, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, Councillor Mark Ingall:…

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Latest News on Coronavirus – Harlow Playhouse Service Update

16 Mar 2020

Tonight Mark Ingall, the Leader of Harlow Council, made the following announcement: “It is clear that Harlow, like the rest of the country, must now take extraordinary steps to try and slow the spread of the Corona virus. Having listened to the Prime Minister say tonight that the government is…

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Local Government Association Joins Harlow Councillors Calling for Permitted Development Rights to Be Scrapped

11 Jan 2020

Today, the Local Government Association (LGA) has called to end Permitted Development Rights. This news comes after some high profile examples of the misuse of this scheme by developers here in Harlow. The LGA has highlighted the fact that 51% of new homes in Harlow in 2018/19 were office conversions.…

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Harlow Labour Set to Call for Climate Emergency

03 Jul 2019

Harlow Labour are set to call a climate emergency, as Jeremy Corbyn calls on all councils to do the same. Jeremy Corbyn visited Cheshire today to call on communities across the country to do, as Harlow Labour are doing, and do more to tackle climate change. “We have no time…

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Labour Leader of Harlow Council Questions Robert Halfon MP over Support for Boris Johnson

27 Jun 2019

  Dear Mr Halfon, On the 3rd  June 2019 you wrote to me regarding the visit to Harlow by a suspended Labour MP. You asked me a number of questions about the planned visit to which I gave you a full, candid and detailed response. I hope you will now…

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Labour announces town wide programme of parking improvements and invites residents to propose locations

01 May 2019

Harlow Council’s Labour Leader Mark Ingall today announced a rolling programme of improvements to parking provision on Harlow’s many congested estates. Speaking in the lead up to this Thursday’s local elections Councillor Ingall said: “Parking is without question the biggest local issue people are raising with us on the doorsteps.…

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Rape is no joking matter – Harlow Labour denounces comments made by local UKIP candidate

23 Apr 2019

Labour Councillor Lanie Shears, Portfolio Holder for Governance, Equalities and Diversity on Harlow Council and Women’s Officer for Harlow CLP today denounced sexual assault comments made by UKIP’s MEP candidate, Carl Benjamin towards Labour MP, Jess Phillips in the strongest possible terms. Following his comments, Mr Benjamin was asked at…

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Should we support local farmers?

06 Dec 2018

By Chris Vince It’s very important that we do what we can to support all…

Leader of Harlow Council one of 76 Labour council leaders writing to James Brokenshire MP calling for increased funding at next week’s local government finance settlement

05 Dec 2018

Ahead of the Government’s expected announcement next Thursday [6th December] setting out the funding given to local councils next year, 76 Labour council leaders have written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire MP, demanding an end to the cuts that have devastated local…

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An open letter to Harlow’s four County Councillors about Library Closures from Cllr Mark Ingall, Labour Leader of Harlow Council

22 Nov 2018

Dear Councillors Johnson, Souter, Hardware and Garnett Libraries do so much more than lend books. In this digital age they are essential community hubs, especially for the most disadvantaged and excluded in our society. Consider the services they provide for the least well off in our town – those who…

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What is the most important issue of our time?

14 Nov 2018

By Jodi Dunne For me, the most important political issue of our times is housing.…

Reducing our carbon footprint

14 Nov 2018

By Shannon Jezzard With the growing concerns around climate change, there’s no doubt that we…

Creating a fair asylum and immigration system

14 Nov 2018

By Jodi Dunne Creating a fair asylum and immigration system depends on, respectively, recognising our…

“Totally Unacceptable” Use of Office Blocks for Residential Usage

05 Nov 2018

Labour Leader describes as “totally unacceptable” the transfer of London council residents to Harlow without contribution to the town’s infrastructure as Council passes motion to act on conversions of offices into residential accommodation At last Thursday’s (November 1) Full Council meeting, members unanimously agreed to explore all options available to…

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Is enough being done to tackle anti-social behaviour in our area?

19 Sep 2018

By Frances Mason If the incidents of anti-social behaviour (ASB) investigated in Harlow for July…