Bury North Election News

18/05/2022

27/04/2022

As a candidate you can never help feeling nervous when it gets close to election time, no matter how hard you’ve worked.

The best tonic is to get out on the doorstep and talk to voters and I’m pleased to say that last night and at all our recent street surgeries we received lots of support and recognition for the things we’ve delivered - and met a fair few people who’d already sent back their postal votes for Labour!

I’m so proud to represent this brilliant community and hope to get the chance to continue to do so.

Use all three votes for Labour! 🗳 🌹

24/04/2022

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-leaflet-fake-news-openly-lie_uk_5fd9f679c5b62f31c201f7dc

Wellingborough Conservatives urge would-be politicians to ape Donald Trump and "say the first thing that comes into your head".

23/04/2022

The soft-on-crime Conservatives, led by a law-breaking prime minister, are letting criminals off and letting victims down.

Vote Labour on 5th May to send a message to the Tories that Britain deserves better.

21/04/2022

Bury Council and City of Trees have funded the planting of many thousands more trees to restore woodlands for people and wildlife and tackle the climate...

21/04/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/14/grieving-families-will-never-forgive-or-forget-boris-johnsons-rule-breaking

Letters: John Robinson shares his sadness, and fury, at not being allowed to visit his wife in hospital while she was dying of Covid. Plus letters from Laura Matthews, Dom Flint, Michael Rosen and Margaret Squires

20/04/2022

Councillors give £3,000 to local causes 👇🏻

Every councillor in Bury has access to a £1,000 discretionary budget to support any local initiative which benefits the community.

Your Moorside Action Team work together to ensure our combined £3,000 has maximum effect and we spent every penny. Our contributions are led by requests from residents and community groups.

Here’s what we’ve spent it on this year:

✅ Donations to The Attic Project and Chesham Fold TRA food banks

✅ A new picnic bench in the green space on Cateaton Street

✅ Support for Chesham Fold TRA Christmas and Easter events

✅ New tools for Friends of Chesham Woods to support their tree maintenance work

✅ A permanent, living Christmas tree in Clarence Park (coming this year!) working with the Friends group and with extra support from local businesses

✅ Selection boxes which we delivered to 40 local families at Christmas

✅ Bulbs and wildflower seeds for residents to plant on the green at the top of Goldfinch Drive

✅ Our ‘Pride of Moorside’ awards to Friends of Chesham Woods, Beat the Street, Davenports Group Ltd, The Attic Project and Ramsbottom Angling Association.

We also contributed to two Bury-wide appeals - an eco-initiative by Bury’s Youth Cabinet and the Believe and Achieve awards for Bury’s looked after children.

We’ve already had contact from several people about funding from May and if re-elected we’ll fund as many of your requests as possible. Lots of people asking about funding for Jubilee parties which we’ll be happy to support!

15/04/2022

📢 Support our campaign for the government to fund a new Family Hub in East Bury

The government recently dished out £300m for new Family Hubs, which basically replace the Sure Start services they gutted from 2010 onwards.

Sadly, Bury did not get any money, but your nine Labour councillors for Moorside, Redvales and Bury East are working with officers on a bid for the next round.

East Bury has some of the poorest and most deprived communities in the country and this support for parents and children is absolutely vital.

We’ll need your support to put pressure on the government to cough up the money we need.

Sign our petition 👉🏼 http://bit.ly/buryfamilyhub

14/04/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RoYTU3X0s

Following the backlash that the dime-store Boris Johnson Wannabe "Michael Fabricant" suggested that Nurses drink alcohol in the canteen, Nick Ferrari actuall...

12/04/2022

It’s one rule for them, another for the rest of us👇🏻

11/04/2022

Cllr Kevin Peel writes about the double whammy hit to wages and hike in taxes for workers in Bury and Bolton.

08/04/2022

08/04/2022

06/04/2022

Energy costs are soaring, leaving many struggling to heat their homes. MoneySavers have been sharing their tips with us, and a common theme is 'heat the human, not the home'. So we've investigated the cheapest ways of keeping yourself warm, from hot water bottles to electric gilets.

05/04/2022

https://news.sky.com/story/i-felt-like-i-was-really-on-trial-thousands-of-victims-left-in-limbo-by-huge-backlog-in-crown-court-cases-12581628

In today's episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, Tamara Cohen speaks to two women who waited years for trials to take place after reporting s*x offences, and asks the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab what can be done for court cases to be heard sooner.

03/04/2022

02/04/2022

Great to get out and talk to residents in Fernhill with Moorside Action Team and Bury North Labour Party colleagues. Great to pick up local issues and remind people about the upcoming local elections and the fact that there are THREE votes! Use all three to re-elect your Labour team! 🌹 🗳

31/03/2022

31 MARCH 2022 UPDATE
https://www.survation.com/labour-maintains-strong-lead-over-conservatives/?fbclid=IwAR1YI-a4sNTNFePgkGt7j01tAy14AGDhHk_W0_zZz032OGmhJRaRX2Dr01I

Survation carried out polling of 2,033 adults in the UK between 28th and 30th March 2022. The fieldwork shows Labour on 42% with a lead...

29/03/2022

29/03/2022

1998-2010 saw massive drops in child poverty but has risen enormously since 2010. https://cpag.org.uk/recent-history-uk-child-poverty

Child poverty responds to government policy, and we can see that by looking back over the past couple of decades.The rise and fall of the Child Poverty ActIn 2010, the Child Poverty Act was passed with cross-party support. It enshrined in law Tony Blair's 2001 pledge to end child poverty by 2020.

28/03/2022

https://www.indy100.com/politics/nadhim-zahawi-sophy-ridge-schools?fbclid=IwAR3pEdOR2-bfLEBAP_mK6mABQYTQDCK73z7hBuWqB_bCLlHOwzDtBjRaS64

The education minister was just shown how just much school funding has changed under Tories and it made for awkward viewing.Nadhim Zahawi appeared on Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday show today and was presented with a stark graph showing the change in funding per-pupil between state and private scho...