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Stroud Labour stands with protesters over the closure of the Elms care home in Stonehouse

On 14 April members of the public joined Labour County, District and Town Councillors joined protesters standing against Gloucestershire County Council plans to close The Elms, Stonehouse. The Elms provides residential, respite and nursing care for up to 45 people. It’s one of four homes scheduled for closure under plans…

STROUD LABOUR CALLS ON COUNTY FOR A BUS EMERGENCY PLAN

Stroud Labour has called for an emergency plan for buses after it was announced today Gloucestershire County Council had failed in its bid to receive funding from the Government’s “Bus Back Better” scheme. Deputy Leader of the Labour Group Cllr Wendy Thomas said: “This is a devastating development for bus…

Labour councillors are calling on Stagecoach to pay Stroud district’s bus drivers the same as colleagues elsewhere in the county

The drivers – Unite members – are balloting for strike action over pay because earning less than £11 an hour, they are being paid less than drivers working in Gloucester and Cheltenham. Labour councillors hope industrial action can be avoided if the employer does the decent thing and agrees to…

Campaigners Thank Stroud District Council for Championing Community Energy

Today campaign group, Power for People, thanked Stroud District Council for resolving to support a Bill that would increase domestically generated clean energy, helping to boost local economies and reduce the UK’s reliance on gas. The proposed new law, known as the Local Electricity Bill, is supported by a cross-party…

ULEY SURGERY CLOSURE

CAM AND ULEY FAMILY PRACTICE HAVE RECENTLY ASKED NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group to consider proposals to withdraw all services from Uley. This is after having asked NHS England to move just the dispensary to their main site in Cam. The local Patient Participation Group held an emergency meeting for…

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.…

Labour Councillors & Members ask Lloyds Bank to reconsider decision to close Dursley branch

Councillors and local Labour Party members are to write to Lloyds Bank asking them to reconsider their decision to close the Dursley branch. And they are encouraging people to keep the town’s high street alive by using local shops. Cllr Doina Cornell said: “‘We don’t want to see more jobs…