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Labour insist that Council should Back Care Workers

Labour are celebrating after a motion by Cllr Elaine Sherrington calling upon the Council to back the Care Workers Vs Covid campaign was passed at a full meeting of the Council. However, Cllr Nick Peel, Labour Group Leader, has warned that the victory could end up being symbolic only. He…

Bolton Labour Launches Shop Local Campaign

Bolton Labour Councillors and party members, observing social distancing rules and the wearing of masks, have been visiting local shops across the borough in order to promote a new campaign know as ‘Shop Local’. As a result, local shops are now displaying the Shop Local poster in their windows. The…

Shop Local

With the easing of lockdown measures and reopening of many small businesses, owners have many concerns from how their businesses will survive under the new distancing requirements to the safety of their customers. Bolton Labour are conscious of these issues and want to support small business owners in Bolton and…

Government Announces Contact Tracing U-Turn

The government has announced it will make fundamental changes to the Covid-19 Test and Trace system in England, that puts more control into the hands of local councils, following repeated calls for changes by independent scientists. The move comes after it was found that local teams were more successful in…

12,000 Bolton pensioners lose their free TV licence

12,070 pensioners in Bolton will soon receiving a letter informing them that they are no longer entitled to a free TV licence under the new means-tested scheme. Up until 31st July this year, anyone aged over 75 qualified for a free TV licence. New rules mean that only over 75s…

Lack of border and quarantine controls

An inquiry by the Commons Home Affairs Committee has concluded that the lack of effective border controls “accelerated” the scale and pace of the coronavirus in the UK – leading to many more people contracting Covid-19. Responding to the report, Labour Group Leader, Cllr Nick Peel said “ There have…

New lockdown restrictions in Bolton

Bolton Labour Leader, Nick Peel, responds to the new lockdown restrictions in force in Greater Manchester from today. “The Government is guilty of giving out mixed and contradictory messages over the last month, leading many people to wrongly believe that lock down restrictions were over especially in terms of family…

The Cube – Incident Report publication

Cllr Nick Peel. Leader of Bolton Labour Group said “The outcome of this fire could have been so much worse, had it not been for the speed, bravery and excellent training of our fire fighters. “The Government recently announced a fund that would go to only a small proportion of…

Care Homes Scandal

A freedom of information request which was responded to by 50 NHS Trusts and Boards, has revealed that 16,000 people were admitted to Care Homes from hospitals between mid-March to mid-April without being tested for the deadly Covid 19 virus. These figures equate to two thirds of elderly patients being…

Planning reforms will let builders ride roughshod over communities

The Conservative Government has announced that they wish to see a streamlined planning system, that would bypass local Planning Authorities, like Bolton. They argue that by removing planning requirement from certain types of permission, it will help the housebuilding industry. Cllr Richard Silvester, Labours Housing and Planning Spokesman, said “It’s…

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