Dear Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Labour and Liberal Democrats.The South East Dorset Green Party (SEDGP) invites members of both your parties to join us for a meeting to discuss the upcoming general election and the potential for co-operation in the constituencies of Bournemouth East and West, Poole, Mid Dorset...
Dear Mr Drax I am disappointed, though scarcely surprised, to discover that you voted to suspend the Dubs Amendment, thus ignoring a paragraph of a British law. I note that 3000 refugees, child or not, could vanish into your ample estate scarcely without trace. My disappointment springs from the...
The likelihood of Dorset’s nine councils being replaced by two new unitary authorities is a step closer, after Weymouth & Portland Borough Council unanimously voted for change. At a meeting of Full Council held tonight, councillors agreed to make a submission to the Secretary of State for Communities and...
I am now acting as Campaign Organiser of the Labour Party. A large number of Labour Party Members, decided to join together in the Town Centre on a cold Saturday morning, to campaign in a fight to get Theresa May to Care more about our NHS and Social Care...
“I fear that Weymouth... - a self-governing Borough since the charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1571- will lose its unique identity and end up being submerged in a new super Council,” said Weymouth-born Chief Ranger Michel Hooper-Immins at the annual dinner of Honorary Court Highclere No. 1 Weymouth of the Ancient Order of Foresters, founded in the town 129 years ago. He was addressing Mayor...
Residents of Weymouth West were yesterday informed that their Borough Councillor Claudia Moore has made the decision to join the Green Party. Cllr Moore said she felt very motivated by this change, “I feel much more closely aligned with the Greens on important issues and share their core values.I...
The following is a quote from Richard Drax in 2013: 'A poker player should not reveal his hand until he has to, so it is with some misgiving that I read that the Prime Minister is preparing the ground for a second coalition. Instead of running the risk of...
Issued by Weymouth & Portland Borough Council in partnership with Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Dorset County Council, Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Dorset Police, Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, Weymouth College, Public Health Dorset. Leaders from the council, police, health and other partners have come together to...
West and South Dorset Green Party have sent the following written response to the consultation on the proposed creation of a Dorset Unitary Authority. The Green Party is fundamentally opposed to the huge, ideologically-driven cuts imposed by the Conservative government on local authorities, including Dorset. However, putting the cuts...
Chickerell Town Council has declared an interest in creating a neighbourhood plan to West Dorset District Council.The town council has submitted an application for a designation of a neighbourhood plan to the district council. This is the first stage of the process in creating a neighbourhood plan.The town council...
