Members of South Dorset Constituency Labour Party were delighted to welcome Chris Williamson, Labour MP for Derby North, to the Centenary Club yesterday in Weymouth.
Chris spoke upon a wide range of topics, from Brexit to the challenges faced by young families trying to find somewhere decent to live. He...
As work progresses to set up a new town council, we would like to share some key facts and answer some frequently asked questions about this important and historic change for Weymouth.
1. Why do we need a new town council?
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council will cease to exist in...
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On Tuesday 25th September I received a letter from the Chairman of the Conservatives expelling me from the Party.
I believe that this is an extreme and disproportionate measure which illustrates an increasing level of intolerance within the Party particularly on the issue of Brexit.
It is no secret that I disagree...
Thousands of constituents of local MPs Richard Drax and Oliver Letwin are struggling to get by on poverty wages. Yet both have declined an invitation from campaigners to discuss the problem.
In May, Weymouth & Portland Action on Wages (WeyPAW) wrote to the MPs with a polite invitation to join...
Weymouth & Portland Action on Wages -
WeyPAW
Open Conference
End poverty wages! Build affordable homes! Stop the cuts to schools & hospitals!
Saturday 13 October, Safewise, Weymouth
No to poverty wages
For the Living Wage, equal pay for women and full rights at work
For affordable housing
Stop the cuts to schools and hospitals
...
The case against First Past The Post is well-established. It provides the bare minimum of democracy, is unrepresentative for the majority, and distorts the allocation of power. But how many people are aware of its costs in wasted public expenditure and excess taxes, its maintenance of spent ideologies and...
The Uniting the Conurbation group (‘UTC’) is pleased to learn that Christopher Chope MP and those Christchurch councillors who challenged the legality of the way in which the Minister and Parliament decided to create a single unitary authority for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have now abandoned their legal action. We...
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking local people to comment on plans for council ward boundaries across the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
In May, the government confirmed that local government in Dorset should change with the county and all other councils replaced by two...
You may have seen West Dorset 4 EU in Dorchester, Bridport and Weymouth (next stop Blandford) running a street survey using their ‘Brexitometer’, with people queuing up to answer some simple Yes/No/Don’t know questions:
Is Brexit going well?
Brexit will be good for jobs?
Brexit will be good for the NHS?
We need...
