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COME AND JOIN US AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
*** Next Meeting ***
Thursday 24th January
20:00
Friends Meeting House, 14 West Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1RL
Guest Speaker Matt Rodda MP for Reading East
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Thursday 24th January
20:00
Friends Meeting House, 14 West Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1RL
Guest Speaker Matt Rodda MP for Reading East
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Jeremy Corbyn calls for a General Election
The Brexit deal Theresa May has negotiated is a bad deal and Labour will vote against it next week. If the government can't pass its most important legislation then there must be a general election. The real divide in our country is not between those who voted to remain in the EU and those who voted to leave. It's between the many – who do the work, create the wealth and pay taxes – and the few – who set the rules, reap the rewards and so often dodge taxes.
I put it like this: if you're living in Tottenham, you may well have voted to remain. You've got high bills, rising debts, you're in insecure work, you struggle to make your wages stretch, you may be on Universal Credit and forced to use a food bank. You're up against it.
If you're living in Mansfield, you're likely to have voted to leave. You've got high bills, rising debts, you're in insecure work, you struggle to make your wages stretch, you may be on Universal Credit and forced to use a food bank. You're up against it.
But you're not against each other.
Only Labour can bring people together based on their common interests. Whether they voted to leave or remain, people know that the system isn't working for them. Because it's a system rigged against the many, to protect the interests of the few – that's the real cause of inequality and insecurity in Tottenham, Mansfield and across the country. That's why an election is so urgent – and why we must win it.
So in a speech today in Wakefield, I sent the prime minister a message: if you're so confident in your deal, call the election, and let the people decide. But if you don't, Labour will table a motion of no confidence in the government, at the moment when we judge it has the best chance of success. If we can't get an election, then we'll keep all options on the table, including campaigning for a public vote, as our members decided at Conference last September.
But an election is the best outcome because it enables us to tackle the Tories' cuts to public services, their awful Universal Credit, rising homelessness, and all the other issues that are damaging our communities.
Together, we have the chance to transform our country for the many, not the few.
I put it like this: if you're living in Tottenham, you may well have voted to remain. You've got high bills, rising debts, you're in insecure work, you struggle to make your wages stretch, you may be on Universal Credit and forced to use a food bank. You're up against it.
If you're living in Mansfield, you're likely to have voted to leave. You've got high bills, rising debts, you're in insecure work, you struggle to make your wages stretch, you may be on Universal Credit and forced to use a food bank. You're up against it.
But you're not against each other.
Only Labour can bring people together based on their common interests. Whether they voted to leave or remain, people know that the system isn't working for them. Because it's a system rigged against the many, to protect the interests of the few – that's the real cause of inequality and insecurity in Tottenham, Mansfield and across the country. That's why an election is so urgent – and why we must win it.
So in a speech today in Wakefield, I sent the prime minister a message: if you're so confident in your deal, call the election, and let the people decide. But if you don't, Labour will table a motion of no confidence in the government, at the moment when we judge it has the best chance of success. If we can't get an election, then we'll keep all options on the table, including campaigning for a public vote, as our members decided at Conference last September.
But an election is the best outcome because it enables us to tackle the Tories' cuts to public services, their awful Universal Credit, rising homelessness, and all the other issues that are damaging our communities.
Together, we have the chance to transform our country for the many, not the few.
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary,
responding to proposals in the NHS Long Term Plan
“The Tories have spent nine years running down the NHS, imposing the biggest cash squeeze in its history, swingeing cuts to public health services and slashing social care services. They have failed to recruit and train the staff desperately needed leaving our NHS struggling with chronic shortages of over 100,000 staff. They forced through a disastrous, wasteful reorganisation no one wanted and wasted billions of taxpayers’ cash on poor quality private health firms as part of their obsession with privatisation.
“Almost nine years of austerity, cuts and privatisation has meant millions waiting longer for treatment or stranded – often on trolleys – in crowded A&Es. Almost nine years of Tory mismanagement has meant over 150,000 cancer patients waiting over two months for life saving treatment since July 2011, and mental health services especially for children and young people neglected and in many areas cut back.
“And now the Tories say they need 10 years to clear up the mess they have made.
“The NHS needs a credible fully funded plan for the future, not a wish list to help Theresa May get through the coming months. The NHS needs a funding settlement to provide the quality care patients deserve, not the ‘stand still’ budget experts agree isn’t enough, that was announced last June.
“Labour in government will give the NHS the funding it needs, tackle the recruitment crisis and provide a clear plan to reduce waiting lists, restoring the standards of care patients expect and deserve as outlined in the NHS Constitution.”
“The fact NHS bosses are now proposing significant changes to the Health and Social Care Act confirms what a wasteful, bureaucratic disaster it was in the first place. Labour has long called for this Act to be binned and will study legislative proposals carefully. The Tories must apologise for wasting billions of taxpayers’ money on the privatisation, constant tendering of contracts, top-down reorganisation and demoralisation of staff this Tory Act ushered in.
“The Tories have spent nine years running down the NHS, imposing the biggest cash squeeze in its history, with swingeing cuts to public health services and the slashing of social care services. They have failed to recruit and train the staff desperately needed, leaving our NHS struggling with shortages of over 100,000 staff. What’s more, it’s a damning indictment of the impact of Tory austerity, cuts to public services and rising poverty that the NHS today admitted that socioeconomic inequality causes £4.8 billion a year in greater numbers of hospitalisations. While the aspirations for improving patient care NHS England has outlined today are welcome, the reality is the NHS will continue to be held back by cuts and chronic staff shortages. Labour will give the NHS the funding it needs to provide quality care and recruit the staff for the future.”
“Almost nine years of austerity, cuts and privatisation has meant millions waiting longer for treatment or stranded – often on trolleys – in crowded A&Es. Almost nine years of Tory mismanagement has meant over 150,000 cancer patients waiting over two months for life saving treatment since July 2011, and mental health services especially for children and young people neglected and in many areas cut back.
“And now the Tories say they need 10 years to clear up the mess they have made.
“The NHS needs a credible fully funded plan for the future, not a wish list to help Theresa May get through the coming months. The NHS needs a funding settlement to provide the quality care patients deserve, not the ‘stand still’ budget experts agree isn’t enough, that was announced last June.
“Labour in government will give the NHS the funding it needs, tackle the recruitment crisis and provide a clear plan to reduce waiting lists, restoring the standards of care patients expect and deserve as outlined in the NHS Constitution.”
“The fact NHS bosses are now proposing significant changes to the Health and Social Care Act confirms what a wasteful, bureaucratic disaster it was in the first place. Labour has long called for this Act to be binned and will study legislative proposals carefully. The Tories must apologise for wasting billions of taxpayers’ money on the privatisation, constant tendering of contracts, top-down reorganisation and demoralisation of staff this Tory Act ushered in.
“The Tories have spent nine years running down the NHS, imposing the biggest cash squeeze in its history, with swingeing cuts to public health services and the slashing of social care services. They have failed to recruit and train the staff desperately needed, leaving our NHS struggling with shortages of over 100,000 staff. What’s more, it’s a damning indictment of the impact of Tory austerity, cuts to public services and rising poverty that the NHS today admitted that socioeconomic inequality causes £4.8 billion a year in greater numbers of hospitalisations. While the aspirations for improving patient care NHS England has outlined today are welcome, the reality is the NHS will continue to be held back by cuts and chronic staff shortages. Labour will give the NHS the funding it needs to provide quality care and recruit the staff for the future.”
22nd December Maidenhead High Street Survey
Team Well Red
We now have a Maidenhead Labour pub quiz team 'Well Red'
if you are interested in joining please contact us using the form here
or join our WhatsApp group - details below
We now have a Maidenhead Labour pub quiz team 'Well Red'
if you are interested in joining please contact us using the form here
or join our WhatsApp group - details below
School Funding Cuts
MaidenRed - WhatsApp group
We have a Maidenhead WhatsApp Group - MaidenRed - for managing litter picking and other local events
to join go to https://chat.whatsapp.com/FKSNiIwJmhE0rOUBtp50qW
to join go to https://chat.whatsapp.com/FKSNiIwJmhE0rOUBtp50qW
Maidenhead Young Labour Facebook and Twitter
We have a Facebook page specifically for Maidenhead CLP younger members
maidenheadyounglabour
Twitter
@YoungLabourSL6
maidenheadyounglabour
@YoungLabourSL6
Maidenhead Labour Facebook discussion page
We have a private discussion group on Facebook for Maidenhead Labour Party Group members. Information via the Facebook link above, you will need to have a Facebook account. If you fancy some socialist chat about current issues please join us.
Equalities Forum: Berks and Bucks Labour Facebook page
A group for Labour Party members and supporters across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to discuss topics relating to equality ~ race, gender, sexuality, class, mental or physical health
Equalities Forum
Equalities Forum
Sexual Harassment Policy
The Labour Party takes complaints of sexual harassment very seriously and has set up an external support line operated by Rape Crisis UK, which can be used as the first step in our sexual harassment procedure. The support line is for anyone who has been affected by sexual harassment within the Labour Party, and provides emotional support and advice about how to make a complaint to the party. It is completely external to the Party and anything discussed will only be passed to the party with explicit consent from the caller. The support line is available Monday to Friday from 10am and 6pm on 020 8683 3311.
For more information about the support line and our sexual harassment procedure please visit: https://labour.org.uk/about/sexual-harassment-policy/
The Labour Party takes complaints of sexual harassment very seriously and has set up an external support line operated by Rape Crisis UK, which can be used as the first step in our sexual harassment procedure. The support line is for anyone who has been affected by sexual harassment within the Labour Party, and provides emotional support and advice about how to make a complaint to the party. It is completely external to the Party and anything discussed will only be passed to the party with explicit consent from the caller. The support line is available Monday to Friday from 10am and 6pm on 020 8683 3311.
For more information about the support line and our sexual harassment procedure please visit: https://labour.org.uk/about/sexual-harassment-policy/
Safeguarding Code of Conduct
The Safeguarding Code of Conduct outlines the behaviour expected of staff, volunteers, members and elected representatives of the Labour Party, and staff, members and volunteers of other organisations who engage with children and adults at risk through the Labour Party and its activities. The underpinning principles of the code are that:
The welfare of children and adults at risk is paramount
It is the responsibility of all staff, volunteers, members and elected representatives to behave with integrity, maturity and good judgement
https://labour.org.uk/safeguarding-coc/
The Safeguarding Code of Conduct outlines the behaviour expected of staff, volunteers, members and elected representatives of the Labour Party, and staff, members and volunteers of other organisations who engage with children and adults at risk through the Labour Party and its activities. The underpinning principles of the code are that:
The welfare of children and adults at risk is paramount
It is the responsibility of all staff, volunteers, members and elected representatives to behave with integrity, maturity and good judgement
https://labour.org.uk/safeguarding-coc/
Privacy Statement
Privacy: we won't pass on your email address to anyone else See http://www.labour.org.uk/privacy
Privacy: we won't pass on your email address to anyone else See http://www.labour.org.uk/privacy