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District-wide Newsletter Winter 2020

Here is a copy of 2020’s Districtwide Newsletter – it contains a comment on 2020’s coronavirus crisis from council leader Doina Cornell, and an opportunity to explore what councillors have been doing to support their community during the lockdown. https://www.stroudlabour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/410/2021/01/Newsletter-Winter-2020-min.pdf

Stroud Labour calls on MP Siobhan Baillie to fight for local jobs.

Stroud Labour Party are calling on MP Siobhan Baillie to lobby the government to extend the furlough scheme beyond the end of October. Stroud’s economy has already been badly hit by the virus; the number of universal credit claimants has nearly doubled. In June and July, the number of jobs…

Government praise for Stroud District Council scheme to tackle flooding

An innovative Stroud District Council natural flood management scheme has been highlighted as an exemplary approach to flooding, in a £5.2 billion national Government strategy to tackle flooding. Stroud’s Rural Sustainable Drainage Project (Rural SuDs) was initiated by community groups after areas of Stroud were flooded in 2007 and 2012.…

SDC Alliance leaders response to findings of the investigation into Councillor Young

Stroud District Council’s Legal Officer has made a judgement that Cllr Debbie Young, who was reported to him for racist tweets, has not breached the members’ Code of Conduct or acted unlawfully. (Link to his letter below) In response to that, the Alliance leaders have released the following statement: “We…

“We condemn all racism in our district” — statement by Doina Cornell, Labour leader of Stroud District Council

On the 9th June Stroud District Council issued a statement signed by all four party leaders. In it we – Labour, Green, Liberal Democrat and Conservative – we said that the council, and I quote: “condemns all forms of racism across the world following the appalling death of George Floyd.…

Labour councillors call on the Conservative Party to clarify what actions taken on racist tweets

Labour councillors are calling on the Conservative Party to clarify what actions have been taken on racist tweets made by Cllr Debbie Young. The Chalford councillor last week issued an statement apologising if her tweets ‘caused offence’, but local Tories are yet to comment, despite the story appearing in the…

Black Lives Matter

Cllr Doina Cornell Leader of Stroud District Labour Group said “Like many Stroud district residents and people throughout the world I was shocked and angered by George Floyd’s death which sadly is only one of far too many black deaths at the hands of the police. I was appalled by…

Join a Union and Protect Yourself at Work

Join a trade union to protect yourself at work, say Labour councillors Labour councillors in Stroud District are urging all workers to join a trade union and elect a health and safety representative in their workplace. As the government releases new guidance for businesses and employers about returning to work,…

Labour councillors call for an end to all non-essential work in Stroud district

Labour councillors have called for an end to all non-essential work in Stroud district to prevent the spread of coronavirus. They are urging Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie to raise the issue with the government as a matter of urgency. Leader of the Labour Group Councillor Doina Cornell said: “The government’s…

First Council Housing in Stroud District

The first part of a two part blog post contributed by Councillor Chas Townley, who chair’s the Housing Committee at Stroud District council has been published on John Boughton’s Municipal Dreams website today. This first part focuses on the which John describes as a ‘significant contribution to the debate around…

£11.5 Million New Programme of Council Housing

Approval for seven new housing developments was agreed by Stroud District Council’s Housing Committee this week, this follows a decision earlier in the year to allocate £11.5 for to continue the Council’s investment in new council house building programme which will provide 74 rented and 10 shared ownership homes. 239…

Councillor Chas Townley

ABOUT CHAS Stroud Town resident Chas Townley is a Labour District Councillor on Stroud District Council representing Stroud Uplands Ward and is currently chair of the Housing Committee. Chas previously worked in housing for both councils and housing associations and has managed housing support for vulnerable people in a unitary…