Your Conservative MP Guy Opperman claims to be tough on crime and anti-social behaviour. The truth is that over the Tories’ thirteen years of failure Northumbria Police has taken the biggest financial hit of all the police forces in England and Wales. Our local police forces have been starved of funds and resources to the … Read More
The Local Government and Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) are undertaking a review of the number of councillors, electoral divisions and division names for Northumberland County Council. You can explore the proposals for the new divisions on the LGBCE website. There are changes proposed for a number of areas in Hexham Constituency. The public consultation … Read More
Northumberland has the third highest number of potholes of any county in the country. Over 51,000 potholes were recorded in the year 2021/22 according to reported recently in the Northumberland Gazette. Potholes are caused by damage and erosion to road surfaces by heavy traffic, inclement weather and also by sub-standard repairs caused when utilities and … Read More
This evening the Conservative Hexham MP Guy Opperman has voted to support the PM’s amendment to Labour’s Jim McMahon’s (Shadow Secretary for the Environment) Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill. This Bill would have cracked down on the polluting water companies flooding our rivers and beaches with sewage but has been rendered toothless by Tory actions. … Read More
The Allen Valleys Supporters Group were out marking World Earth Day 2023 with a litter pick in their local community. Four bags of rubbish were collected and taken to the Allendale Waste Recovery Centre for recycling and safe disposal. Labour is committed to safe-guarding the environment. Littering and flytipping are a scourge on our beautiful … Read More
Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party has pledged to scrap zero-hours contracts if the party wins the next General Election. According to Statista there are over a million workers in the UK on zero-hours contracts. This is a fourfold increase since 2010 when the Conservatives came to power and includes 47,000 workers in … Read More
Research by the Top of the Poops shows that our rivers were polluted with sewage on 431,850 separate occasions in 2021. These sewage discharges into the rivers we love lasted a staggering 3.2 million hours! The Hexham Constituency saw 2864 discharges into our rivers. These lasted 22,670 hours with 95 different locations polluted by water … Read More
The country is in a mess after 13 years of Conservative Government. It’s difficult to point to anything that is working better now than in 2010. Help us to do something about it. It’s time for a change in Hexham Constituency. Hexham deserves better than Guy Opperman and a failed Conservative government. Join us to … Read More
Speaking to the NFU today the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, promised to negotiate a better deal for farmers and farming communities. “It’s been obvious for a long time that the Tories have given up on farmers,” Keir told the conference. “Labour’s approach to trade will be very different – I … Read More
Our General Election campaign to elect a Labour MP in the Hexham Constituency has been launched and is reported on this week in the Hexham Courant. Our Chair John Hanley said: “We (Labour) are getting a very encouraging reception on the doorstep. Many people are very depressed about the current state of politics … Read More
MEMBERS of the community will work together to rid the Allen Valleys of single use plastic. Aiming for plastic free status was just one of the targets of a newly formed climate action committee dedicated to tackling climate change on a local level. Spearheaded by our very own John Hill, the committee will be made … Read More
We had a lovely evening to campaign in Allendale. Some good door step conversations were had and some VoterID information gathered.
Inspiring to see our young people leading the way and managing to get the issue of Climate Emergency to the top of the political agenda. #HexhamStrikesBack Penny Grennan – Prospective Parliamentary Candidate
Labour’s National Campaign Day of Action – The Allen Valleys Saturday 7th September Lots of good conversations at our stall on Saturday and then leaflets were delivered and persuasive doorstep conversations were had. Well done to all of our members and supporters who were involved.
The Allen Valleys Labour Party Supporters’ Group say … #StopThe Coup
Stop the coup demo on Saturday Aug 31st at Newcastle Monument. Bywell branch of Hexham CLP will be on the the 9-56 train from Hexham which stops at: Corbridge 10-00 Riding Mill 10-04 Stocksfield 10-09 Prudhoe 10-13 Wylam at 10-18 Please join us.