Latest news from Hexham CLP
Don’t forget your postal vote!
20 April, 2024Tories too incompetent to get Britain working
19 April, 2024New analysis reveals the Tory failure to tackle health-related worklessness in Hexham constituency. Analysis by the House of Commons Library for Labour shows that there has been a rise of 372 people in the Hexham constituency claiming Universal Credit for health reasons over the last year. Between December 2022 and December 2023, all 632 parliamentary … Read More
No Branch Meetings until after the 2nd May
14 April, 2024There will be no branch or CLP meetings until after the 2nd May due to the local elections. Don’t forget to vote for Kim McGuinness (for Mayor) and Susan Dungworth (PCC) on the 2nd! You’ll need photo ID to vote in person
Joe Morris promises to be MP for the High St as Conservative Budget Bites
8 March, 2024Hexham has been struck another blow with the announcement by M&S that their flagship store in the town will be closing. Years of Conservative complacency and inaction have seen our high and front streets decimated. Now our town centres in Hexham, Prudhoe and Haltwhistle are dominated by boarded up shop fronts and empty units. Our … Read More
Reaching our rural voters with Labour’s message
23 February, 2024Joe Morris, Labour’s candidate for the Hexham constituency, comprising Tynedale, Kielder, West Newcastle and Ponteland, has pledged to ‘never take rural communities for granted’ should he become the first ever Labour MP for the constituency. Earlier this week, volunteers from the local Labour Party were campaigning in Bellingham, Byrness, Rochester, and Otterburn, speaking with residents … Read More
Joe Morris promises Labour support for farming and agriculture
11 February, 2024Across the North East the news of the closure of the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales was met with sadness and remembrance for the past damage done by the Conservatives to industry in our region. This compelling evidence of the Conservative’s failure to enact a meaningful industrial strategy, or support industries critical to our national … Read More