Lewes Labour Party – Make the Difference

Share 6 views         Royal Mail provides a vital public service to our communities, rural and urban alike.  The Liberal Conservative Government intends to bring forward legislation to privatise and break up Royal Mail.  We are convinced that this will lead to widespread closure of Post Offices; jeopardise the uniform tariff and universal service for letters and a deterioration of services provided, pa...

Share 70 views As a Party attempting to revive rebuild and reorganise as a campaigning and well organised electoral Party locally, this election could be said to have come to soon for us. In the end despite running the foundations of a good campaign we came 4th of 4 and have much work to do to really get our message across and make sure democracy works against the Lib-Dem hegemony. What is more interesting is that even with a low turn out whi...

Share 9 views Isn't it time we were proactive about protecting Land from Development. One of the ways to do this is to seek Village Green status for open spaces. One of the Largest open spaces in Lewes is Malling Brooks and the Old Uckfield line railway cut, commonly called Malling Recreation ground. To obtain village green status, residents need to prove that the land has been used for impromptu recreational activities for the past 20 ye...

Share 4 views So they say unemployment is down by some thirty odd thousand and stands at 2.4 million. But what is anyones future under the regime of cuts, decentralisation and denationalisation of the health service, projected privatisation of the Post Office. Who will be made unemployed what jobs will be available. In the next few years there will be thousands of graduates losing their jobs and thousands more with no jobs to go to. The vast ...

Share 265 views Jonathan Spencer is 49, and now lives in the centre of town having been a long time Cliffe resident living in both Morris Road and South Street. He is married and has three children aged 16, 14 and 3. Jonathan works locally helping run the family business that supports and supplies services to the NHS. Jonathan has also worked for The Trades Union Congress, The Quakers, and a Sussex based carers charity. He is an IT expert an...

Share 15 views The district Council have been asking for your ideas and input on the development of the area.  What our campaigner Jonathan Spencer finds interesting is the way this kind of thing is advertised and promoted.  Unless you are politically active or part of the group that always turn up at these things you were probably more aware of the fresh food market going on in Lewes Market Tower.  As Jonathan spencer says “most peo...

Share 1 views It started as soon as this coalition began, an attack on public services as though, local council staff, ambulance men and women, firefighters, workers in the leisure centre, or on youth schemes and hospital staff were to blame for the world recession, for the banking collapse and for national debt. Once again the Tories and their live in lovers the Lib-Dems are making us pay twice.  We are being persuaded that we must pay, thr...

Share 8 views On the 27th June we will hold The Lewes Labour Party   Summer Gathering.  All Labour Party Members welcome, both new and old and we have had a massive influx of new members recently. The gathering will be a Garden party at 14 Gundreda Road, Lewes, there will be plenty to eat and drink but bring a bottle or some food to share if you can. Where: 14 Gundreda Road, lewes Time 4.00pm Date: Sunday 27th June AKPC_IDS += "424,";Popula...

Share 5 views For everyone that supported Labour and Hracthe Koundarjian and his team, we thank you for sticking with Labour.  In the days and weeks to come we will see more clearly what this means, in the mean time we thank you for your support and will continue campaigning for the things that matter, because we are on your side. AKPC_IDS += "383,";Popularity: 4%

Share 18 views Vote Labour Dear Voter, Despite being the Labour candidate, I wanted to let you know that the current Liberal MP was set to win in this constituency even before the election started. This isn’t my opinion, but the view of the Electoral Reform Society, that back in April called this one of the 382 safe seats in the UK that won’t be changing hands. If you’re not convinced, this view is also shared by the following: UK...