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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…

GCC officers to think again about cuts to bus services to Cam & Dursley

Labour councillors have secured a committment from council officers to think again about bus services to Cam and Dursley railway station. Stagecoach has axed all buses going to Cam & Dursley Station from Dursley and Cam, leaving passengers – many of whom make the journey as part of their daily…

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…

Labour Councillors gain full support for the re-opening of the Bristol Road Stonehouse Station by Stroud District Council

The campaign to reopen the old station in Stonehouse on the Bristol route has gained greater momentum with the unanimous support of the Stroud District Council Environment Committee. It would provide a direct link to Gloucester and Bristol in the Stroud Valley. Cllr Chris Brine (Lab, Stonehouse) who proposed the…