News - Hertsmere Labour Party

Candidate supports environmental campaigns across Hertsmere

High on the list of priorities for General Election candidate, Holly Kal-Weiss, is protecting the local environment. A huge supporter of Labour’s Green New Deal, she also wants to see green investment and jobs in the area. Over the past few weeks, Holly has been touring the constituency meeting residents…

Borehamwood councillors act following deprivation report

Borehamwood’s Cowley Hill Ward Councillors have welcomed proposals at Hertsmere Borough Council to implement their request that the Council invest £20,000 in a piece of social research designed to establish the causes of deprivation and to bring forward practical recommendations to address local challenges. These challenges include the recent outbreak…

Labour remembers

Labour councillors and officers attended Remembrance Day celebrations across the Borough on honour of all the soldiers who have fallen in our wars. Parliamentary candidate, Holly Kal-Weiss, marched to the Borehamwood war memorial where she laid a wreath with Chair, Dr Dan Ozarow, on behalf of the constituency party. Labour…

Controversial Tory councillor says poorest Borehamwood residents want something for nothing

A controversial Tory councillor has found himself in trouble again after saying that people in parts of Borehamwood are the ‘something for nothing society’… ‘who blame everyone for their woes except themselves.’ The comment from Cllr Anthony Spencer came on Twitter in response to a Hertfordshire Mercury article showing the…

Hertsmere Labour announces its general election candidate

Hertsmere Labour has announced its candidate for the general election. She is Holly Kal-Weiss, a teacher, activist and campaigner who has lived in neighbouring Chipping Barnet for 28 years. She began her working life as a Children and Families social worker in Barnet, before becoming a teacher in specialising in…

Hertsmere Labour shortlists hopefuls for general election

Hertsmere Labour has shortlisted candidates hopeful of standing as the candidate in the long-expected general election. A surprisingly large number of Labour Party members were interested and the selection panel whittled the hopefuls down to three men and one woman. Matt Turmaine is a project manager and Watford Borough Councillor;…

We need a new green deal says Clive Lewis MP

A loud and clear message has gone out to the people of Hertsmere that the country needs a New Green Deal. Speaking to members of Hertsmere Labour Party at the Royal British Legion, Clive Lewis MP, Shadow Treasury Minister, is one of the backers of a new bill designed to…

Angry residents march on Hertsmere Council

Dozens of Hertsmere residents took to the streets of Borehamwood on Wednesday evening to demonstrate that they had ’No faith in our Council.” Organised by an alliance of organisations and supported by Hertsmere Labour, the march brought the town centre to a standstill as bystanders and drivers applauded the marchers…

Hertsmere residents to march on Council

Hertsmere residents are taking to the streets to demonstrate that they have ‘No faith in our Council.” It comes on the back of a series of events where residents feel they have been ignored, belittled or just plain lied to. Hertsmere Borough Council has been at the centre of a…

Hertsmere Conservatives labelled a ‘farce’

Hertsmere Conservatives were labelled a “farce” by shocked onlookers after appearing to shut down debate over the controversy around Elstree Film Studios. Labour and the Lib Dems called an extraordinary general meeting of the council to secure various assertions and concessions over the Internal Audit Report. Unfortunately, the Conservative councillors…

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