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Michael Watson is Broxbourne Labour's new borough councillor following the shock defeat of senior Conservative Dennis Clayton in Waltham Cross. Read more... EXCLUSIVE: Full local election results for Broxbourne
Broxbourne Labour Party has gained a seat from the Conservatives on Broxbourne Borough Council in the 1 May 2008 local elections. Get the full results here. Read more... Leader pays tribute to Gina Aitken
Labour leader Alan McCole has paid tribute to 55-year-old Gina Aitken, wife of Councillor Malcolm Aitken, following her tragic death this week. Read more... Empty hostels waste £¼m as taxpayer foots soaring costs
Just 1 in 6 of Broxbourne Council's hostel places is being used for their intended purpose. Out of 76 rooms, just 12 are being used for priority groups. But council taxpayers are being made to pay £¼ million for the empty accommodation. Read more... Council tax hike condemned as Tories cancel Christmas
Labour councillors have denounced the Conservative cuts, waste and inefficiency behind Broxbourne Council's proposal to increase the council tax by 4.9 per cent. The plans are typified by cuts to festive lighting as the Tories stand prepared to cancel Christmas in town centres across the borough. Read more... Hoddesdon Labour Club
The Hoddesdon Labour Club website is now online at www.hoddesdonlabourclub.co.uk Read more... Independent review for Chase Farm
Broxbourne Labour councillors have voiced their pleasure at the commencement of an independent review of the clinical case for change to Chase Farm hospital. Read more... Printworks nightmare
Residents and Labour councillors in Waltham Cross have united to condemn light pollution from the massive printworks being built on the Park Plaza site. Read more... Working for a safer borough
Local campaigner Richard Greenhill has praised those involved in tackling violence and antisocial behaviour on our streets. Read more... Guarding the NHS
Malcolm Aitken has spoken up for our local health service. Read more... Council weaknesses put benefit funds at risk
Auditors might refuse to certify Broxbourne Council's council tax accounts, jeopardising future subsidy payments from the government, it has been revealed. Read more... Rethink on fair employment for disabled
Opposition councillors have won a u-turn from Broxbourne Council as it agreed to consider rejoining a fair employment scheme for disabled people. Read more... Labour invests £1/3million extra in borough
The East of England Development Agency has backed Broxbourne opposition councillors' plans with a major investment in one of the county's most neglected areas, in Waltham Cross. The Holdbrook estate is set to benefit from £350,000 of funding. Read more... Put public safety first
Councillor Aitken pleads for public safety to be put at the top of the council's priorities. Read more... Local spokesman tells Chancellor "I want to see every new baby with a trust fund"
Local parliamentary spokesman Jamie Bolden met with Labour Chancellor Gordon Brown to discuss the importance of the Child Trust Fund which benefits thousands of families in Broxbourne. Read more... Waltham Cross residents say no to Wapping site
Labour have representatives met with local residents concerned about the proposed relocation of Rupert Murdoch's Wapping printing site from Wapping to Waltham Cross. Read more... Pensioners urged to claim winter windfalls
Labour parliamentary spokesman Jamie Bolden helped launch a new awareness campaign today to save pensioners across Broxbourne from missing out on an average £426 towards their council tax bills. Read more... Bolden tells chancellor: "I want to see every baby with a trust fund"
Local parliamentary spokesman Jamie Bolden met with Labour Chancellor Gordon Brown to discuss the importance of the Child Trust Fund which benefits thousands of families in Broxbourne. Read more... Tories lurch to right with asylum myths
Broxbourne Labour parliamentary candidate Jamie Bolden is challenging Broxbourne MP Marion Roe to admit that asylum costs have fallen rapidly in our area, with Hertfordshire now spending less than a third of the peak. Read more... Labour forces scrutiny shake up
Opposition Leader Alan McCole has shamed Broxbourne Council into reconsidering the way it deals with criticism following the publication of Labour's report on the council's failure to scrutinise itself. Read more... Tories vote for 17% parking hike
Broxbourne car parking charges are set to soar up to 17 per cent as councillors last night approved new fees from next April. Read more... Revealed: WCs under threat
Labour has hit back at council plans to reduce the number of public lavatories in the borough. Read more... Alan McCole: Why I am ashamed of shameless council
In a public letter last month, Labour Leader Alan McCole reveals why he is ashamed of Broxbourne Council. Read more... "We will not turn our backs on Broxbourne" - Labour duo
Broxbourne's two Labour councillors respond to a Conservative invitation to leave the borough. Read more... Labour proposes Council Tax reduction
Broxbourne Labour Leader Alan McCole proposed to reduce the Tories' Council Tax increase, by funding the exceptional John Warner Sports Centre deficit from the Broxbourne Council's balances. These balances are currently 10 times the minimum required by the Audit Commission. Read more... REVEALED: Government gives Broxbourne 5th highest grant rise in country
Broxbourne is to receive the fifth-highest grant increase in England, up nearly 13 per cent, revealed Opposition Leader Alan McCole. Read more... Labour vow to save pool
Labour councillors have learnt that the open air pool may have closed its doors for the final time. Read more... Postal voting
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