Today Ed Miliband referenced Gedling Labour’s successful action to help people get on the property ladder through a local auhtority backed mortgage scheme, he also championed Gedling Labour’s decisive action to significantly reduce parking costs in the borough (see below).
Ed Miliband speech to launch Labour’s local election campaign
2 April 2012
It is almost two years since David Cameron and Nick Clegg promised change.
The British people have given them a chance.
But two years on, it’s time to take stock.
They promised us growth that lasts.
And we haven’t even had any growth for eighteen months.
They promised… Continue Reading
April 2, 2012 – 12:49 pm
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Gedling Labour agreed an increase in its share of the council tax for 2012/13 by less than 8 pence a week for the average borough household at a budget council meeting on Monday 5 March.
Gedling Labour said no to the government’s con-trick offer of a Council Tax Freeze Grant that is worth £140,000 for one year only and would cost the council more than £600,000 over four years.
Deputy Leader of the Council, Cllr. Michael Payne said:
“Ask yourself – if your boss offered you a pay rise for one year only of £140,000 but told you it would cost you and… Continue Reading
March 6, 2012 – 9:01 am
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Gedling Labour passed a motion at tonight’s Full Council meeting which highlighted the real unfairness in Conservative/Liberal Democrat government cuts to local authorities and the disproportionate cuts to community and voluntary sector organisations by the Conservative administration at Nottinghamshire County Council.
The Labour motion set out full support for Secretary of State, Eric Pickles MP’s rebuke of Conservative controlled Nottinghamshire County Council’s “disproportionate” approach to cuts to community and voluntary sector organisations across Gedling.
The motion, which also highlighted the disparity between cuts to Northern local authority areas and Southern areas was voted against by every Conservative and Liberal Democrat… Continue Reading
February 22, 2012 – 10:49 pm
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Twenty new Police Special Constables will soon be patrolling Gedling borough after Gelding Labour has set aside £20,000 funding in its council budget.
Gedling Labour is set to agree at the budget Cabinet meeting on Thursday 16 February that it will fund the set up costs of the 20 Special Constables who will be specifically assigned to the borough. They will be tasked by local priorities set by the community through neighbourhood policing teams and will also support the work of the council’s wardens.
This will be the first district-wide scheme of its kind in Nottinghamshire. Recruitment and training of… Continue Reading
February 16, 2012 – 7:59 am
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Today Gedling Labour has signalled that free car parking, a new apprenticeship scheme and a mortgage scheme to help home buyers are just a few of the things that will be made possible in Gedling Borough Council’s proposed budget for 2012/13.
The proposal will allow the council to protect front line services as well as make a number of significant improvements, which include:
- Keeping two hours free car parking in all borough car parks
- Rolling out superfast broadband in rural communities
- Creating new jobs through an apprentice scheme at the council
- A mortgage scheme to assist home buyers
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January 19, 2012 – 12:59 pm
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Leader of the Council. Cllr. John Clarke said:
“Finding sites for new housing is one of the most important and one of the most difficult jobs for a local council. We need to build more homes to get our economy moving again and to accommodate the growth in our population and the increase in single person households and changing lifestyles.
November 23, 2011 – 4:43 pm
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