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Last night was the Full Council at Rushcliffe Borough, and your elected Rushcliffe Borough Labour Councillors were all present! But more importantly – Cllr Jen Walker put forward a motion regarding Fossil Fuels. In her speech Cllr Walker spoke about how fossil fuels will become increasingly financially risky: “International efforts to reduce carbon emissions to prevent…
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Any plans for Sunday 21st July? Want to join in with some fun activities, good food and the local community? Then come down to Lutterell Hall…. It is a community event – Summer Fest and Late Eid Event. There will be a cake sale (let’s be honest, who doesn’t love cake!?!), refreshments and you can…
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Proms in the the Park was a great event last week, lots of people having fun together, and it’s nice to have a chance to thank the service men and women who look after us (the stream of knitted poppies was wonderful). Well done RBC staff for arranging the day. I didn’t arrive until the…
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Lutterell Hall is at the heart of the community in West Bridgford. The pre-school at Lutterall Hall has been in operation for 45 years. No schools in WB have a school nursery and this pre-school has filled the gap. It is professionally run, has good Ofsted reports and prepares children for going to school. The older…
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Rushcliffe Borough Council marks Armed Forces Day, a nationwide celebration to honour the work of the UK Armed Forces, past and present. Today – we had the raising of the flag for the week – with numerous activities planned to celebrate the fantastic work of our Armed Forces. We also were present at the unveiling…
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I have been asked many times since becoming a councillor why I decided to run. There are a few different reasons but it came down to ‘being the change I wanted to see in the world” and wanting to be an active part of local democracy as one thing has become crystal clear these last…
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You may have heard that Rushcliffe Borough Council are opposing the County Council’s plans for a new school in Edwalton. Please be assured that the plan for a new school has not been shelved. The planning committee rejected the building on two grounds: first the proposed building looked terrible and secondly there was no provision…
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This post is based one written in 2017 on my personal blog page. It’s fair to say I’ve a little more experience in the process now, having gone through it. This certainly covers “the easy bit” and doesn’t cover any of the campaigning / getting elected part. Hopefully it’s still useful. In 2015 I attended…
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Rise, like lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you: Ye are many—they are few — Percy Bysshe Shelley . This is the first post on our new website. We are the Labour Group at Rushcliffe Borough Council. The image above was taken…
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This site was created for the 2019 intake of the Labour Group on Rushcliffe Borough Council. We are the largest Labour Group at Rushcliffe in 20 years! Who are we? The “Magnificent Seven” are (in alphabetical order): Councillor Bal Bansal (Trent Bridge) Councillor Naseem Begum (Lutterell) Councillor Mike Gaunt (Ruddington) Councillor Penny Gowland (Abbey) Councillor…
The Labour Party in Rushcliffe
We won’t stop fighting to make Britain the best place to grow up in and the best place to grow old in.
The Labour Party in Rushcliffe 