Labour urges science-based approach to re-opening schools 15 May 2020 Labour says more science behind the decision to call children back to school next month…
Labour push for York to be zero emission city 13 May 2020 Following an announcement by the Transport Secretary that the government wants to establish at least…
Labour councillors demand “fair and transparent consultation” on York Central 08 May 2020 Labour councillors from Holgate Ward are joining residents in urging City of York Council (CYC)…
York LGBT Labour Group oppose plans to restrict transgender healthcare 06 May 2020 York LGBT Labour Group have issued a statement opposing plans announced by the Minister for…
Labour councillors support action on child poverty 05 May 2020 A national letter to Gavin Williamson MP, Secretary of State for Education, which calls on…
Labour councillors urging safe reopening of recycling centres 01 May 2020 York Labour Councillors are urging council bosses and the Police to agree a manageable plan…
Children’s safeguards endangered by UK government, says Labour councillor 29 Apr 2020 Attempts by the Government over the past four years to water down safeguards around vulnerable…
Labour councillor urges public to remember lost workers 25 Apr 2020 Every year on April 28th, trades union movements around the world celebrate International Workers Memorial…
York Labour welcomes LGA push for more funding 20 Apr 2020 York Labour councillors are backing a call from the Local Government Association (LGA) for the…
Labour calling for Fire Service help in delivering prescriptions 17 Apr 2020 York’s Labour Group have called on City of York Council to co-operate closely with North…
Labour decry council’s inadequate communications on COVID-19 16 Apr 2020 Six weeks after the first transmitted coronavirus cases were recorded across the UK, many York…
York Labour Women’s Forum Campaign – Solidarity with Shopworkers 09 Apr 2020 York Labour Women’s Forum has been working with USDAW, the shopworkers union, to highlight the…
Labour helping to fill the funding gap for vulnerable children 07 Apr 2020 York Labour councillors, together with their Green Party colleagues, have made a joint funding commitment…
York Labour call for council tax holiday 01 Apr 2020 York Labour have called on the City of York Council to consider more ways in…
Labour thanks hard working front line staff 23 Mar 2020 The Labour Party in York has thanked hard working staff on the front line including…
Labour challenge Lib-Dem/Green coalition on appointment of a carbon reduction officer 10 Mar 2020 Labour has challenged the commitment of the ruling Lib Dem-led council to its 2030 carbon…
Council leader refuses to answer Labour’s questions on Chief Executive payoff 05 Mar 2020 Two weeks after it was revealed in the York Press that Lib-Dem council leader Keith…
York Labour challenge the Lib-Dems to set a fair budget 26 Feb 2020 Labour has confirmed its budget alternative as councillors prepare to vote on setting City of…
York Labour call for a review of child mental health services 19 Feb 2020 Heworth’s Labour councillor Bob Webb has proposed that the Children, Education and Communities Scrutiny committee…
Fears for future of local community venue 11 Feb 2020 Heworth Labour councillors say they fear for the future of the 68 Centre after the…
York Labour condemns council cuts to children’s services 10 Feb 2020 Labour has criticised significant cuts to services supporting vulnerable children in the Liberal Democrat-led council’s…
York Labour raise concerns over school uniform costs 05 Feb 2020 York Labour Group is backing a Bill being introduced this week in Parliament by Mike…
Labour critical of Lib-Dems inability to deliver council led projects 30 Jan 2020 Labour has challenged the Liberal Democrat-led council on its inability to manage and deliver major…
Labour councillor calls for medical support for the homeless 16 Jan 2020 Labour’s Hull Road councillor Michael Pavlovic has called for a return of specialist medical support…
Labour thwarted by Lib-Dems and Greens in attempt to increase affordable housing in York 23 Dec 2019 At last week’s full council meeting, Labour’s Hull Road Councillor, Michael Pavlovic introduced a motion…
Labour MP and councillor urge compromise for market traders 16 Nov 2019 Labour’s York Central MP Rachael Maskell and Guildhall councillor Fiona Fitzpatrick have written a joint…
York Labour candidates ready for the election 12 Nov 2019 York Labour officially kick-started our election campaign this weekend with a joint rally for our…
Abject failure for Conservative Party starter home pledge 06 Nov 2019 A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has been released showing that of the…
York Labour hit the ground running for December election 04 Nov 2019 York Labour members and activists have been out and about across the city throughout the…
York Labour seeks to protect the city’s music venues 29 Oct 2019 York Labour councillors are set to introduce a motion at this week’s full council meeting,…
York Labour welcomes national policy on prescription charges 11 Oct 2019 Labour’s health and adult social care spokesperson, Councillor Anna Perrett, has welcomed national Labour policies…
Labour councillors push for swift action on Bell Farm homes 19 Sep 2019 Labour’s Heworth ward councillors have welcomed the awarding of a new contract to work on…
York Labour questions government school funding announcement 05 Sep 2019 The Government spending review, suggesting billions in funding for schools over the next three years…
Labour councillors support permanent protection of Micklegate Bar 13 Aug 2019 Labour councillor Jonny Crawshaw, who last year succesfully proposed closure of Micklegate Bar to protect…
Labour arguing for a clear economic vision on York Central 30 Jul 2019 Labour is calling for a clear economic vision for the York Central development, to show…
Emergency Budget to tackle food poverty voted down by Lib-Dems and Greens 25 Jul 2019 Emergency measures from Labour, aiming to tackle food poverty and damp homes, have been voted…
Labour pushing City of York Council to meet it’s carbon neutral target 18 Jul 2019 Labour used the first full council meeting of the new administration to push for meaningful…
Labour councillors show concern over Bootham Crescent redevelopment 13 Jul 2019 Labour’s Clifton councillors are trying to ensure that the public get the best possible deal…
Labour’s Hull Road councillors looking to add colour to the ward 10 Jul 2019 Labour’s Hull Road councillors are considering plans to plant wildflower verges on some o the…
Clifton Labour councillors to request residents given a say in parking scheme 04 Jul 2019 Clifton’s Labour ward councillors are to call on the council’s transport chief to survey Clifton…
Micklegate councillors seeking to deal with antisocial behaviour 26 Jun 2019 Labour’s Micklegate councillors are working hard for local residents to bring about an improvement in…
Labour councillor has concerns over low pay and insecure jobs in York 24 Jun 2019 York Labour’s spokesperson for the economy, Councillor Claire Douglas, has challenged new council administration to…
Labour councillor expresses concerns over children’s services 22 Jun 2019 York Labour’s new children’s services spokesperson, Councillor Fiona Fitzpatrick, has expressed serious concerns over current…
Local residents express concerns over Heworth Green Gas Works proposal 20 Jun 2019 Heworth Labour Councillor Bob Webb and Labour’s York Central MP Rachael Maskell have met with…
York Labour express serious concerns over the York Central development 14 Jun 2019 Labour is challenging the Lib Dem-Green council’s approach to the York Central development, and asking…
Labour respond to Lib-Dem/Green coalition 15 May 2019 Following the election of two weeks ago, it has been revealed that the City of…
New Labour Group taking shape 09 May 2019 Last week’s council elections saw York Labour Group increase by four councillors to seventeen. Unfortunately…
City of York Council Elections – A Message of Thanks from the Chair 09 May 2019 York Labour chair William Owen has issued a message of thanks to the members and…
Labour campaigning through the sunshine! 24 Apr 2019 Labour activists from across the city gave up their Easter weekends to campaign in the…
Guildhall Labour mourn the passing of Lendal Post Office 10 Apr 2019 Members of the Guildhall Ward of York Labour Party turned out to mark the closure…
Hull Road in bloom thanks to Labour councillors 25 Mar 2019 The efforts of local councillors to brighten up one of the main routes into and…
Labour councillor welcomes completion of work on Scarcroft Green 18 Mar 2019 Micklegate Labour councillor Jonny Crawshaw has been speaking about the welcome news that work to…
Labour to highlight decline in road standards 15 Mar 2019 York’s Labour councillors will use their time in next week’s full council meeting to instigate…
Labour address four year decline in environmental standards 08 Mar 2019 Labour’s manifesto for the City of York Council elections in May highlight how four years…
Labour seeking to make York roads safer 06 Mar 2019 A traffic survey is being undertaken in response to road users and pedestrians on the…
Labour council budget to challenge Lib-Dem/Tory austerity 28 Feb 2019 The Labour Group in City of York Council has released its proposed budget for the…
Outrage as Bootham Park sale is announced 24 Feb 2019 The announcement on Friday that the Bootham Park Hospital site is to be sold off…
York Labour seek to protect the future of the Lendal Post Office building 17 Feb 2019 News this week that York’s Crown Post Office will definitely close, despite campaigners securing over…
Labour councillors support local residents on Derwenthorpe Estate concerns 12 Feb 2019 Local Labour councillors and activists have been listening to the residents of Fifth Avenue in…
York Central MP is hardest working in Yorkshire 03 Feb 2019 A study carried out by MA and BSc journalism students at Leeds Beckett University has…