1. News from Local Labour – Press Release – Labour receives confirmation of lights switch on at Christmas

    The Labour Group on Essex County Council has obtained confirmation that all of the street lights in the county will remain switched on throughout the early hours of Christmas Day…

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  2. Essex Tories switched the lights off – the public hate it – Labour is fighting it!

    LISTEN: Audio of the moment tempers flared and campaigners were removed from chamber as council agrees to cough up £160,000 for street light switch-on (Harwich & Manningtree Standard) ‘Tempers flare…

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  3. Tendring: Labour seeks Tory assurances on street lights, no place for any doubts on lights.

    The Labour group of Tendring District Councillors is writing to each member of TDC’s Conservative group who is also a Conservative county councillor ahead of Tuesday’s meeting of TDC at…

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  4. Harwich: West Ward wants its street lights back on!

    A further 500 signatures collected by residents in West Ward have been handed to Labour’s West Ward team as part of the ongoing campaign to have the district’s street lights…

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  5. Tendring: Labour seeks to ensure that money is in budget for lights switch on

    The Labour Group on Tendring District Council (TDC) will be tabling an amendment to the council’s Budget for 2015/16 at next Tuesday’s meeting of TDC to ensure that funds are…

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  6. Tendring: Anger as Tories block Labour’s attempt to switch lights on

    There were angry scenes at Clacton Town Hall last night as the Conservative majority running TDC cynically blocked Labour’s attempt to get the street lights switched on again in Tendring….

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