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What would you like to see the Labour Government at Westminster focus on in Glasgow North East?
We have new priorities in terms of strong, responsive public services, tackling climate change, tackling inequalities in income and assets, and greater security in a changing world - but what are yours?
| More resources for schools, children and families |  |
| Building a stronger and more responsive NHS | |
| Making Government more accountable to Parliament, and involving communities more in decision-making | |
| Better skills and work training, and flexible working, to give people greater security | |
| Tackling climate change and global warming | |
| A renewed commitment to ending child poverty at home and abroad | |
| Cutting energy bills and helping the elderly and low-income houeholds with their bills | |
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 Canal Ward Councillor Campaigns in Possilpark on fuel poverty |
Canal Ward Councillor Ellen Hurcombe joined local Labour activists in Possilpark at Saracen Cross on Saturday 6 September, as a further 250 people signed our petition for Fairer Energy Prices, making 850 in total in the last fortnight. Cllr Hurcombe said: "There was great support among co...
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| Springburn MSP and East Centre councillor at Campaign for Fairer
Electricity and Gas Prices event |
Glasgow Springburn MSP Paul Martin and East Centre councillor Frank Docherty were out speaking to morning shoppers in Duke Street, Dennistoun on Saturday 30 August, along with local Labour members, giving support to Labour's Campaign for Fairer Electricity and Gas Prices and gathering new supporter...
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| Fairer Electricity and Gas Prices Campaign off to flying start in
Springburn |
Glasgow North East Labour's campaign for Fairer Electricity and Gas Prices got off to a flying start in Springburn on Saturday 23 August, with our petition seeking an Ofgem enquiry into wholesale gas prices and an end to the extra costs faced by customers with pre-paid meters attracting over 250 si...
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| Join Glasgow North East Labour's Campaign Against Electricity
andGas Price Rises! |
Glasgow North East Labour Party is standing up for people throughout the constituency who will be potentially facing huge gas and electricity bills this autumn and winter.
We are launching a campaign for an investigation by the energy regulator OFGEM into the practices of the leading ...
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| Strengthening Britain's Economy: Labour's new laws for the year
ahead |
The UK Labour Government published in May its list of proposed new bills to strengthen the economy in this period of global uncertainty with high fuel and food prices, reform the welfare system, and modernise our system of government.
Included in the package of 18 bills to be introduce...
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| Prime Minister and Scottish Labour Leader put tackling poverty and supporting families top of Labour’s agenda |
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Scottish Labour Leader Wendy Alexander have put the needs of the most vulnerable in society at the heart of recent policy announcements. In his speech to Labour’s Spring Conference in Birmingham at the weekend, Gordon Brown outlined the UK Government...
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| Spending and legislative announcements show Labour's vision for a fairer Britain |
Gordon Brown’s first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister contained 29 new bills or draft bills to expand education, jobs, economic and skills opportunities for the British people. New proposals will make it easier for working people to look after dependent children up to the age of 18, by prov...
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| A Tale of Two Governments: Labour at Westminster building a fairer Britain, but only broken promises from the SNP at Holyrood |
Despite a record £31billion in revenues from the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s UK Comprehensive Spending Review, the SNP Government in Scotland has broken yet more election promises as manifesto commitments on 1,000 additional police officers, reducing class sizes to 18 in primary schools fo...
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| Big gains for Glasgow North East's pensioners with Labour's Pension Credit |
Recent data on Glasgow North East’s pensioners shows the positive effects that Labour's pension credit has had in lifting their living standards. There are 15,100 state pension recipients in the constituency (the highest in Glasgow), with 1,820 between 60-64, 3,730 between 65-69, 3...
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| Jobs boost for Glasgow North East with Labour |
Newly released Department for Work and Pensions data shows that unemployment in the Glasgow North East constituency fell by 18% in the 12 months to July 2007. Although the area still has the highest unemployment rates in Scotland, this strong reduction in joblessness is in the top qu...
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| Labour's proposals to build a stronger, fairer Glasgow North East |
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has presented to the Westminster Parliament a list of proposed bills for introduction in the Queen's Speech in November, which aim to give this constituency and all of Britain greater security, opportunity, and social justice. Labour continues to improve local job pr...
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| Making our politics more in touch with you - Join the Conversation! |
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has begun a conversation with people in Glasgow North East and throughout Britain on the changes to our political system required to give people a greater sense of involvement and connection with decisions that affect you. Changes which form part of the consultation ...
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| New Prime Minister, New Government - Labour working for everyone in Glasgow North East |
Glasgow North East Labour Party welcomes new Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new Government, leading the forces of social progress and change in the constituency. A new Government with new priorities - responding to the challenges of young couples frustrated with the availability of affordable ho...
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| Labour's team on Glasgow City Council |
Labour secured a majority of 11 over the other parties in the Glasgow City Council elections on May 3. In Glasgow North East, three Labour councillors were elected in the North East and East Centre wards, and two Labour councillors were elected in the Canal and Springburn wards. In the Ande...
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| Paul Martin and Patricia Ferguson re-elected as Springburn and Maryhill MSPs |
Paul Martin was re-elected as Labour MSP for Glasgow Springburn, and Patricia Ferguson re-elected as Labour MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, at the Scottish Parliament elections on May 3. Paul received 10,024 votes or 56.9% of the total valid votes cast, a majority of 5,095 over the second placed SN...
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| Jack McConnell and Paul Martin launching rates relief for small businesses in Dennistoun |
Scottish Labour's Glasgow Springburn candidate Paul Martin and Scottish Labour Leader Jack McConnell launched Scottish Labour's new plans on business rate relief for small businesses in Dennistoun on Monday morning. Paul says: "A vote for Scottish Labour will be a vote to create new jo...
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| A Budget for Glasgow Springburn's Families, Children and the Elderly |
The Springburn Labour team write: Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget today makes working families with children, families, and the elderly in Glasgow Springburn better off - by taking 50,000 Scottish pensioners on modest incomes and savings out of tax, by making the tax system fairer for...
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| Glasgow Springburn's Choice - The Future with Labour or the Past with the SNP |
The Springburn Labour team write: After this weekend, the choice faced by voters on May 3 is clear. There will either be a Labour-led Government in Scotland with affordable spending pledges, focused on education, jobs, health, policing, and the environment, to build this area's future, or a...
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| Ruth Simpson and George Redmond - Labour's City Council team in Reidvale |
Ruth Simpson and George Redmond are Labour's local team in the Reidvale area in Dennistoun, which forms part of the new multi-member Calton ward. Ruth graduated MA (Hons) from the University of Glasgow in 1978, and taught History for 20 years, the last 12 of which she was Principal of Hi...
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| Paul Martin and your City Council team pledge to give local people new opportunities in education, training and work |
Scottish Labour's candidate for Glasgow Springburn Paul Martin and your local council team across the Glasgow Springburn constituency are backing First Minister Jack McConnell's pledge to build a further 250 extra schools in Scotland by 2011. Paul says: "Every vote for Labour on ...
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Canal Ward Councillor Ellen Hurcombe joined local Labour activists in Possilpark at Saracen Cross on Saturday 6 September, as a further 250 people signed our petition for Fairer Energy Prices, making 850 in total in the last fortnight. Cllr Hurcombe said: "There was great support among co...
Glasgow Springburn MSP Paul Martin and East Centre councillor Frank Docherty were out speaking to morning shoppers in Duke Street, Dennistoun on Saturday 30 August, along with local Labour members, giving support to Labour's Campaign for Fairer Electricity and Gas Prices and gathering new supporter...
Glasgow North East Labour's campaign for Fairer Electricity and Gas Prices got off to a flying start in Springburn on Saturday 23 August, with our petition seeking an Ofgem enquiry into wholesale gas prices and an end to the extra costs faced by customers with pre-paid meters attracting over 250 si...
Scottish Labour's Glasgow Springburn candidate Paul Martin and Scottish Labour Leader Jack McConnell launched Scottish Labour's new plans on business rate relief for small businesses in Dennistoun on Monday morning. Paul says: "A vote for Scottish Labour will be a vote to create new jo...
Ruth Simpson and George Redmond are Labour's local team in the Reidvale area in Dennistoun, which forms part of the new multi-member Calton ward. Ruth graduated MA (Hons) from the University of Glasgow in 1978, and taught History for 20 years, the last 12 of which she was Principal of Hi...
Scottish Labour's candidate for Glasgow Springburn Paul Martin and your local council team across the Glasgow Springburn constituency are backing First Minister Jack McConnell's pledge to build a further 250 extra schools in Scotland by 2011. Paul says: "Every vote for Labour on ...