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Covid Tracing Fails: So Tories Privatise Community Health Services

By: Phil de Souza, Bame Officer, Bath Labour Party The Tories have used the COVID crisis to extend privatisation of crucial health services, to their corporate cronies. On the 18th August, Labour Party members joined with other campaigners from Protect Our NHS in a nationwide protest (Not a penny more…

End period poverty

Radical proposals which would see Bath and North East Somerset at the forefront of efforts to end period poverty are set to be debated by councillors at their meeting on March 14. The proposals, put forward by B&NES Labour Group, would see an emphasis on the provision of reusable products…

Housing crisis? What housing crisis?

David Musgrave, Southdown Candidate asks why, despite the rising homeless crisis evident in Bath, the Conservative council is once again failing take steps to tackle the problem. Letter to the Chronicle published 31st Jan. I had an immediate feeling of surprise and pleasure on reading on the BANES Council website…

Why can’t Bath have better public transport? Labour thinks it can, find out how.

Transport in Bath is coming to a standstill and the pollution is affecting our health. The Lib Dems and Tories have failed to deal with these problems for years. So it was great to see such a strong turnout for our transport meeting on 2nd Feb. Momentum is building behind…

Why can’t Bath have decent public transport?

Saturday 02 February 2011 10.45am, for a 11.00am start The Milsom Room, Manvers Street Baptist Church Bath BA1 1JW Sir Peter Hend Chair of Network Rail, Former commissioner of Transport for London Dave Redgewell, South West Transport Network Catherine Le Grice-Mack, Chair of Bath Bus Customer Panel

Happy New Year! Bath Labour Party 2018 Review

It’s been a busy 2018 for Bath Labour Party. Have a look at what we’ve achieved. With your help 2019 could be even more memorable. It’s time for change in Bath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgLtWXgSVg&feature=youtu.be

Bath needs alternatives to the car now, not in 20 years

This letter from Lesley Bees, Labour candidate for Lambridge, was published in the Chronicle on 20th December 2018 It would be wonderful if Bath were finally to benefit from the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) Mayor’s ideas for a rapid transit system from Bristol to Bath (Chronicle, 29thNovember). Unfortunately,…

Put the brakes on the Class D Clean Air Option

Letter to the Chronicle by Jane Samson, candidate for Lambridge. The council is currently consulting with the public about their proposal to implement a Class D Clean Air Zone in Bath in response to the government directive to reduce NO2 emissions to a specified level by 2021. This will mean…

The Green Transformation

Green politics and policies are a key part of the Labour Party’s plans to remedy the current state of the world, not only internationally, but nationally and here in Bath. The Labour Party is committed to a societal transformation that will provide for a sustainable future for the many not…

Cross party support for decisions about fracking to be made locally

B&NES Council has united across party political lines to oppose Government proposals to remove local democratic control over decisions about fracking. Currently, fracking companies are required to apply for planning permissions from the local authority to drill or sample a well. They also have to gain planning permission before undertaking…