The Local Government and Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) are undertaking a review of the number of councillors, electoral divisions and division names for Northumberland County Council. You can explore the proposals for the new divisions on the LGBCE website. There are changes proposed for a number of areas in Hexham Constituency. The public consultation … Read More
Northumberland has the third highest number of potholes of any county in the country. Over 51,000 potholes were recorded in the year 2021/22 according to reported recently in the Northumberland Gazette. Potholes are caused by damage and erosion to road surfaces by heavy traffic, inclement weather and also by sub-standard repairs caused when utilities and … Read More
As previously reported, Northumberland County Council has decided, without local consultation, that the Recycling Centre in Prudhoe should only be open Friday to Monday. This is to save money, caused at least in part by a decline in funding to the County Council from the Tory Westminster Government. Many local residents believe that the midweek … Read More
This evening the Conservative Hexham MP Guy Opperman has voted to support the PM’s amendment to Labour’s Jim McMahon’s (Shadow Secretary for the Environment) Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill. This Bill would have cracked down on the polluting water companies flooding our rivers and beaches with sewage but has been rendered toothless by Tory actions. … Read More
The Cost of Living Crisis has led to 90% of foodbanks seeing an increase in demand this year. As the cost of food and energy has increased more and more vulnerable families are using these community facilities that provide a vital and much needed lifeline to those struggling with the costs of living. When the … Read More
Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party has pledged to scrap zero-hours contracts if the party wins the next General Election. According to Statista there are over a million workers in the UK on zero-hours contracts. This is a fourfold increase since 2010 when the Conservatives came to power and includes 47,000 workers in … Read More
Labour pledges to revitalise our high streets. Thousands of pubs, shops and bank branches have shut under the last thirteen years of Tory economic mismanagement. In our own towns in the Hexham Constituency and Northumberland we can see evidence of this first hand with shops closing or closed in Hexham, Prudhoe, Haltwhistle, and elsewhere. … Read More
There isn’t a local election happening in the Hexham Constituency this May but our neighbours in Newcastle West are going to the polls on 4th May. We’ve been lending a hand to our friends just over the constituency boundary and over the weekend, members of the Hexham Constituency Labour Party joined Lemington Labour Party candidate … Read More
Kim McGuinness, Labour’s Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, is calling on those of us who work with men and boys to engage with ‘active by-stander training’ to combat the harassment of women and girls. A shocking 71% of women have encountered harassment in public spaces and Kim, speaking to the Hexham Courant, has said: … Read More
Research by the Top of the Poops shows that our rivers were polluted with sewage on 431,850 separate occasions in 2021. These sewage discharges into the rivers we love lasted a staggering 3.2 million hours! The Hexham Constituency saw 2864 discharges into our rivers. These lasted 22,670 hours with 95 different locations polluted by water … Read More
The country is in a mess after 13 years of Conservative Government. It’s difficult to point to anything that is working better now than in 2010. Help us to do something about it. It’s time for a change in Hexham Constituency. Hexham deserves better than Guy Opperman and a failed Conservative government. Join us to … Read More
The second of Labour’s five missions in government will be to halve serious violent crime and raise confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels, within a decade. Labour believes that feeling secure is the bedrock on which opportunities are built, communities can thrive, and local economies can prosper. That sense … Read More
Newly elected Labour Prudhoe Town Councillor Paddy O’Kelly has launched a petition to keep Prudhoe Recycling Centre open seven days a week. Northumberland County Council has decided, without local consultation, that the Recycling Centre should only be open Friday to Monday. This is to save money, caused at least in part by a decline in … Read More
Labour promises to train a new generation of Doctors and Nurses using money raised by abolishing the non-dom tax status People who live here should pay tax here 13 years of Tory mismanagement has left the NHS without the doctors and nurses it needs. Ambulances arrive late or never at all, GP appointments and operations … Read More
Congratulations to Paddy O’Kelly who was elected this night to Prudhoe Town Council, representing West Wylam with 58% of the vote. Elections are the bedrock of our democracy and this by-election was an important opportunity for voters in West Wylam to make their voices heard. Paddy has said this evening: “I am delighted to be … Read More
Today’s Budget was another missed opportunity by the Chancellor and the Tory Government. Labour’s Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor has written to Labour members today saying: Today was a chance to unlock Britain’s promise and potential. But the budget announced by Jeremy Hunt has put our country further down the path of managed decline, while … Read More