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Maidenhead Constituency Labour Party
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Berks
SL6 7DJ
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COME AND JOIN US AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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COME AND JOIN US AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Maidenhead March against the proposed RBWM council cuts
Saturday 23rd February
Saturday 23rd February
Maidenhead and Windsor CLPs are working with Unison to campaign against the planned RBWM budget cuts
In October Theresa May told us that austerity was over. In November, Windsor & Maidenhead Borough Council announced they intended to find £6.8 million in "savings" over the next year.
Make no mistake; these "savings" are savage cuts, to be borne by children, people with disabilities, the elderly, and public sector workers.
They include:
Cuts to Children's Services
Cuts to care for the elderly and people with disabilities
Yet another real-terms pay cut for public sector workers in 2019/20
Join us on the march through Maidenhead
Saturday 23rd February
meet 10:00 in Grenfell Park
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more info
https://www.facebook.com/events/375229743305299/
Rally outside Maidenhead Town Hall
Tuesday 26th February
from 1800
ahead of the Council Meeting where the budget will be debated
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In October Theresa May told us that austerity was over. In November, Windsor & Maidenhead Borough Council announced they intended to find £6.8 million in "savings" over the next year.
Make no mistake; these "savings" are savage cuts, to be borne by children, people with disabilities, the elderly, and public sector workers.
They include:
Cuts to Children's Services
Cuts to care for the elderly and people with disabilities
Yet another real-terms pay cut for public sector workers in 2019/20
Join us on the march through Maidenhead
Saturday 23rd February
meet 10:00 in Grenfell Park
map
more info
https://www.facebook.com/events/375229743305299/
Rally outside Maidenhead Town Hall
Tuesday 26th February
from 1800
ahead of the Council Meeting where the budget will be debated
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Petition to RBWM: to censure the Cabinet and reject the proposed budget for 2019/20
It is our position that years of artificially reduced council tax and austerity policies from central government have put the Borough in its current financial position where it has to strip £6.8 million from its spending in the next financial year.
Instead of displaying prudence, the Council has continued to waste residents' money on lost planning appeals; paying for legal advice against itself when Councillors have voted in error and putting up self-congratulatory banners on lamp posts in the Borough.
We do not believe that residents or employees should be made to shoulder the cost of this incompetence.
We call for the full council to censure the Cabinet; reject the proposed budget and negotiate with the full Council (as elected representatives of residents') and the staffs’ trade unions to find acceptable alternative measures. The cabinet is instructed to reprioritise the budget with a stronger remit on cutting unnecessary expenditure to mitigate against staff redundancies and cuts to essential services.
sign the petition
It is our position that years of artificially reduced council tax and austerity policies from central government have put the Borough in its current financial position where it has to strip £6.8 million from its spending in the next financial year.
Instead of displaying prudence, the Council has continued to waste residents' money on lost planning appeals; paying for legal advice against itself when Councillors have voted in error and putting up self-congratulatory banners on lamp posts in the Borough.
We do not believe that residents or employees should be made to shoulder the cost of this incompetence.
We call for the full council to censure the Cabinet; reject the proposed budget and negotiate with the full Council (as elected representatives of residents') and the staffs’ trade unions to find acceptable alternative measures. The cabinet is instructed to reprioritise the budget with a stronger remit on cutting unnecessary expenditure to mitigate against staff redundancies and cuts to essential services.
sign the petition
Next Meeting
Thursday 28th February
20:00
Friends Meeting House, 14 West Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1RL
Guest Speaker Rachel Burgess, Labour Councillor from Wokingham on strategies for winning seats in a Tory area
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Thursday 28th February
20:00
Friends Meeting House, 14 West Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1RL
Guest Speaker Rachel Burgess, Labour Councillor from Wokingham on strategies for winning seats in a Tory area
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Collecting more signatures Saturday 16th February
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9th February petition team on the High Street
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Government admit that teachers’ pay has been cut
by thousands of pounds a year since 2010
Government admit that teachers’ pay has been cut by thousands of pounds a year since 2010
The Government has admitted that since 2010 teachers have seen their wages cut by thousands of pounds a year in real terms. The figures, in the evidence that the Department for Education have sent to the School Teachers’ Review Body (“STRB”), the pay review body for teachers, reveal that the average salary for teachers has fallen by over £4,000.
Across the whole teaching workforce pay fell by £4,700, and for classroom teachers average salaries are down by £4,400, cuts of over 10%. The real terms pay cuts across the profession will be followed by further cuts in real terms for the majority of teachers.
Despite the STRB recommending a pay rise of 3.5% for all teachers, the Government only gave early career teachers the 3.5% rise, while more experienced teachers were given a 2% rise and those on the leadership pay scale were given only 1.5%. According to the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies this will leave around 60% of teachers receiving a below inflation pay rise, meaning their pay will fall in real terms.
- The Department for Education has admitted that teachers are over £4,000 a year worse off in real terms since 2010;
- The Department’s own evidence to the pay review body for teachers reveals the impact of the public sector pay freeze and pay cap since 2010;
- A majority of teachers will face another real terms pay cut this year.
The Government has admitted that since 2010 teachers have seen their wages cut by thousands of pounds a year in real terms. The figures, in the evidence that the Department for Education have sent to the School Teachers’ Review Body (“STRB”), the pay review body for teachers, reveal that the average salary for teachers has fallen by over £4,000.
Across the whole teaching workforce pay fell by £4,700, and for classroom teachers average salaries are down by £4,400, cuts of over 10%. The real terms pay cuts across the profession will be followed by further cuts in real terms for the majority of teachers.
Despite the STRB recommending a pay rise of 3.5% for all teachers, the Government only gave early career teachers the 3.5% rise, while more experienced teachers were given a 2% rise and those on the leadership pay scale were given only 1.5%. According to the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies this will leave around 60% of teachers receiving a below inflation pay rise, meaning their pay will fall in real terms.
Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, said:
“Teachers are right to be angry that years of Tory pay cuts have left them thousands of pounds a year worse off, and across our schools we are seeing the result in the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention.
“Teacher recruitment targets have been missed year after year, with more teachers leaving the profession than joining. In response to this crisis, the government will give the majority of teachers another real terms pay cut.
“Labour will give teachers the support they need, with ring-fenced funding to end the public sector pay cap.”
“Teachers are right to be angry that years of Tory pay cuts have left them thousands of pounds a year worse off, and across our schools we are seeing the result in the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention.
“Teacher recruitment targets have been missed year after year, with more teachers leaving the profession than joining. In response to this crisis, the government will give the majority of teachers another real terms pay cut.
“Labour will give teachers the support they need, with ring-fenced funding to end the public sector pay cap.”
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