Reasons to be glad you voted Labour

(and reasons why you need to in the future)

The old saying ‘It’s amazing how time flies’ certainly comes to mind when our newly-formed Labour Borough Council Group looks back over the last 12 months.
Our string of successes and fights with both the Tories and the Lib Dem / Independent coalition Borough Council certainly demonstates a year of delivery on the promises we made to our Labour voters, and indeed our Labour activists.

Achievements

• Our first was to secure the use of a room in which to hold meetings, a first for any group;
• We voted against the Coalition’s budget proposals and put forward our own;
• We called on the Council to commit to a programme of affordable homes which match need;
• We also committed ourselves to campaigning on Labour’s pledges;
• We became the first Group on the Council to request continually for a recorded vote on all crucial issues, which in turn won us praise from many constituents.

Opposition

Our  opposition was effective on a range of  issues from:

• the sell-off Manor Road Nurseries, by forcing full council to agree on a working party to first evaluate the financial position of the Nursery, to
• a call-in on the decision to relocate the Town Hall, without any consultation. Our move to attempt the call in on the proposed Town Hall relocation to an industrial estate in Eastfeild forced  the Council into a u-turn, and gave the whole Borough a three-month consultation period to make their feelings known. If you haven’t already, fill in the form by 30 May. You can find it at www.scarborough.gov.uk/townhallreview

Labour Councillor Wins

Our new Councillors had several personal victories:

• collecting petitions to stop unfair car parking charges on the Marine Drive,
• using their business knowledge on the best way forward to provide our Borough with bedding plants,
• using scrutiny committees in a positive way,
• investigating the dumping of waste on public ground to the joy of many local residents.
• getting the Council to invest £100k in renewable energy,
• getting the Leader of  the Council to reduce costs to the public purse by cutting the size of  the Cabinet, (although not by  enough in our Groups opinion).

Our aim and goal now is to build on these victories and work to build up a team of Labour Councillors  that could run the Council in three years’ time.

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