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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Harlow Council Leader Calls for Improvement to Town’s Cycle Tracks
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
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
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
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
By Councillor Frances Mason Whilst the government are giving assurances around the provision of PPE…
Campaign for Pubs to Have Their Rents Frozen
By Councillor Shannon Jezzard, I have written to Star Pubs and Bars in support of…
Harlow Council Service Updates – COVID-19 Response
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
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 Election Candidates 2021
Harlow District Council The following candidates were selected for the 11 wards in Harlow for the May 2021 Harlow District Council elections, with several current Councillors standing for re-election in their respective wards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the May 2020 elections were postponed until May 2021 and there are…
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Local Government Association Joins Harlow Councillors Calling for Permitted Development Rights to Be Scrapped
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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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