The Government has proposed its latest attempt to bail out failing Conservative run local authorities with an unfair funding formula that will give the majority of a £153 million fund to the South East and South West while continuing to take money away from places like Nottingham with further cuts to its Revenue Support Grant….

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Nottingham Labour believes in council housing, we want to build more, but the Conservatives are making it hard for us. The number of houses we have been able to deliver has been nowhere near the number that have been sold in recent years. The reasons for this are: We are only allowed to use right…

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Permanent exclusions need to become a method of last resort as their current excessive use by many schools in Nottingham is leading to higher costs, damaging young people’s futures and has been linked to increased levels of knife crime. Pupils in Nottingham are up to three times more likely to be permanently excluded than regional or…

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The health of our citizens is a top priority, and the harmful effects of air pollution are well known. This year’s Clean Air Day highlighted the importance of clean air and looking after our environment as well as showing what Nottingham people can do in their own lives to make a difference. We’re proud of…

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Further Government delays in getting a grip of the adult social care funding crisis will lead to extra costs and problems like bed blocking as demand continues to increase and funding diminishes. The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Jeremy Hunt announced last week that the Adult Social Care Green Paper, which will…

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Nottingham Labour has delivered on its 2015 manifesto commitment to introduce a selective licencing scheme to improve the standards of accommodation in the private rented sector of our city. Most of the standards we are asking landlords to follow are basic safety requirements that anyone would want for their home. These include:  ·         Ensuring that…

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Back in 2015 at the last local elections, Nottingham Labour pledged to ‘guarantee a choice of places for every child at a local primary school.’ Since then we’ve been working hard, alongside Council officers and with our local schools to meet this pledge. In 2015, 91% of children and parents received their 1st or 2nd…

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In September 2017 we launched the Nottingham Schools Trust, a groundbreaking new model for local schools to work together, share resources and drive improvements by cooperation and collaboration. The first Trust of its kind in the country is made up of 30 local schools, enabling Council maintained community schools to join together in a not-for…

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On March 8th people in Wollaton will be asked to vote for a new local Councillor. As someone who has lived in Wollaton for most of their life, I believe I can be a strong local voice that will protect our open spaces, continue to seek solutions to our traffic problems, provide a sensible approach to…

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We have just witnessed the collapse of a major outsourcing firm, Carillion, leaving behind it a train of debtors, shareholders with major losses, unfinished projects, employees without jobs, a pensions deficit and a scandal of directors who had rewarded themselves before the firm went bust. In regards to Nottingham City Council, Carillion was indirectly involved…

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