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Safer, greener, healthier, fairer: Labour launches district council election campaign |
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Issue date: April 11th 2010
Labour has launched its campaign for the St Albans District Council elections on Thursday May 6th. Over the next month, the party’s twenty-strong team of candidates will be promoting a series of practical and affordable measures designed to make the district a safer, greener, healthier and fairer community.
Key wards for the party include London Colney, where long-serving councillor Dreda Gordon will be aiming to build on the party’s by-election success in the village in February. Janet Smith, former district councillor for Sopwell, will be aiming to regain the seat she lost by just a handful of votes in 2008. And in Batchwood, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate Roma Mills is also up for re-election in the ward she has represented for more than two decades.
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Roma Mills backs Westminster Lodge 'Pool Too Small' campaign |
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Issue date: 1st March 2010
Labour group leader Cllr Roma Mills has given her backing to a new campaign that is urging the council to rethink its plans for Westminster Lodge. Concerned that the proposed replacement for the aging leisure centre will not meet the growing demand for swimming in the district, local residents have launched a new ‘Pool Too Small’ website to help galvanise support.
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Labour wins in London Colney |
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Issue date: February 12th 2010
Labour has beaten the Conservatives, Lib-Dems and BNP in a by-election in the London Colney North West ward. Labour candidate Maria Aguado triumphed in the poll, which took place on Thursday Feb 11th.
Maria, who has lived in London Colney for over twenty years, fought on a range of issues that included wider use of 20mph zones and more cyclepaths. She was also successful in urging residents to reject the far-right BNP candidate, who trailed in last. |
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Roma Mills welcomes another step towards the end of parking charges for City Hospital in-patients |
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Issue date: 18th February 2010
Cllr Roma Mills has welcomed a new NHS consultation exercise as the latest step towards the abolition of parking charges for hospital in-patients. Cllr Mills, who represents the Batchwood ward which includes the City Hospital, believes that scrapping parking fees on the site would go a long way to easing the congestion suffered by residents on nearby streets.
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Unemployment was twice as bad during the Tory recession |
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Issue date: January 28th 2010
The latest unemployment figures for St Albans underline the importance of the government’s continuing support for the economy, believes Labour Parliamentary candidate Roma Mills. Under a Conservative government, during the recession of the early 1990s more than twice as many people were out of work as they are today.
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