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>> Unworkable Motion on Ammonium Nitrate Passed Despite Calls for Cross Party Working
Unworkable Motion on Ammonium Nitrate Passed Despite Calls for Cross Party Working FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘Be prepared to empty your sheds, and under your kitchen sinks, unless you have a special lic...

>> Affordable Housing Still Rejected by Tories
Affordable Housing Still Rejected by Tories FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Labour councillors underscored their commitment to improve housing for Medway’s residents by submitting a motion at last night’s F...

>> Possible Extension to Labour’s Half Price Bus Fares Scheme
Possible Extension to Labour’s Half Price Bus Fares Scheme FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cllr Bill Esterson last night enquired whether the Council would be able to fund free bus fares for young people in f...

>> John Street Planters Success
John Street Planters Success FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local resident Jacqui Vango contacted Cllr Teresa Murray to complain about the three large planters in John St. (Rochester), as they had been neglect...

>> Luton Crossing
Luton Crossing After many months,  Labour councillors Tony Goulden, Val Goulden and Dennis McFarlane have succeeded in getting a crossing intstalled outside Wayfield School.
Parents have been...

>> Ward Improvement Fund: Green Fingers in Chatham Central
Green Fingers in Chatham Central FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chatham Central ward councillors Julie Shaw, Paul Godwin and Vince Maple have contributed nearly £2 000 of their Ward Improvement Fund to help i...

>> Letter: Motion calling for Cllr Mason to stand down from Cabinet
To the Editor, The recent report into Medway’s strategic housing services found that Medway Council was the worst in the country, and indirectly highlighted Cllr Mason’s lack of expertise and guid...

>> NHS 60th Birthday Celebrations
NHS 60th Birthday Celebrations On the 17th July at Rochester Tourist Information Centre Teresa Murray, the Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Rochester and Strood organised a celebration for the...

>> Letter: Chatham Academy
Chatham Academy The news that Chatham is to get its own academy paid for by the government is good news for children and for the wider community. An academy in Chatham will mean a brand new state of t...

>> No Star Portfolio Holder Should Step Down
No Star Portfolio Holder Should Step Down FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cllr Glyn Griffiths will lead Labour members in calling for Cllr Tom Mason to stand down at tonight’s Full Council meeting.  This...

>> Chatham Town Centre- Regeneration and Policing
Letter to the press I attended the Chatham Town Centre Forum and was very pleased to hear about the success of the police in the centre of Chatham in cutting the levels of crime. This was confirm...

>> Carparking Concerns for Rochester East
Carparking Concerns for Rochester East Labour Group members called in the report on the Tories’ proposed sell-off of three car parks in Medway, owing to serious concerns about the loss of capacity.&...

>> Save Robert Bean Lodge Old People's Home
Save Robert Bean Lodge Old People's Home Medway Council's Tory cabinet has agreed to privatise Robert Bean Lodge in Pattens Lane, Rochester. Somebody else will run the day centre and the residential u...

>> Labour Selects Adam Price to fight Rochester South and Horsted By-Election
Labour Party members in Rochester South and Horsted have selected experienced former councillor, Adam Price as their candidate for the council by-election on 8 May.  Adam was Labour’s ch...

>> Weak Tories Pushed into Councillorâ??s Resignation
Weak Tories Pushed into Councillor’s Resignation Tuesday finally saw the resignation of Tory councillor for Rochester South and Horsted, John Ward, after he expressed extreme views about ster...

>> Labour Councillor Pays for Welcome Home Party for Army Families
Labour Councillor, Bill Esterson has paid for a party for families of soldiers who have just returned from Afghanistan and who live in Brompton. Cllr Bill Esterson represents Brompton and stepped ...

>> Letter: Parents lose faith in Tory Council
Dear Sir/Madam The Labour Group called this week’s meeting of Medway’s Childrens Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee to discuss the council’s proposals to create an academy in Strood...

>> Labour Call for Councillor Pay Freeze
Labour Call for Councillor Pay Freeze At last night’s Full Council meeting, Labour Leader Paul Godwin called for a freeze on councillors’ pay.  He proposed an amendment to the report o...

>> £90 000 on Pentathlon as Sports Facilities Cut
£90 000 on Pentathlon as Sports Facilities Cut Labour Deputy Leader Glyn Griffiths last night again challenged the Tories’ support for the Pentathlon, after raising his concerns a week earli...

>> Save Shaws Wood Petition
Save Shaws Wood Petition Tomorrow night at the Full Council meeting, Strood North ward councillor Stephen Hubbard will hand in a petition, calling for the retention of Shaws Wood as a council L...

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