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Labour’s Annual Party Conference 2022 – Selecting a Motion.

20th September 2022 Following on the halt on campaigning and meetings, due the passing of Queen Elizabeth the II, the Executive Committee of Kingston & Surbiton CLP voted for a motion to be submitted to our Annual Party Conference. The motion selected was “A Green New Deal.” See all motions,…

Our living standards are under attack – Why we need to get behind the strikes:

21st August 2022 Kingston Labour have shown support to the bus drivers and railway staff this week by visiting local picket lines to speak with the workers. We are facing the biggest attack on living standards in living memory, yet profits have never higher, and we’ve never had so many…

Kingston’s Mess of a Memorial – a public health and safety risk

16th August 2022 Don’t be fooled by the Lib Dem claims to support local heritage. Despite planning a summer of activity in the Memorial Gardens, little has been done to clean up the mess. Now people are expected to reflect, and children are expected to play, amongst pigeon feathers and…

Seething Wells: Under Destruction

2nd August 2022 Portsmouth Road residents face 5 days of disruption as the road is closed to facilitate an electrical connection to the Seething Wells Filter Beds. An electrical cabinet has been installed by Bed 7 (the only remaining bed with water) to facilitate a suspected pump to drain the…

Is Kingston’s riverside for sale to the highest bidder?

22 July 2022 The Council have posted a planning application for the costly GoBoat hire company, including a 57 m pontoon. Cllr John Sweeney’s handling of the Riverside and preference for a big business from outside the borough as opposed to a small local business suggests that he believes that…

Fury at Lib Dem broken promise over CRE Community Hall

5th July 2022 Anger is building from local residents over the way the Council are reneging on their promise to build a temporary community facility for the 3 years before the new community hall is built. As part of the regeneration of the Cambridge Road Estate, Piper Hall, the current…

Thames Water: Stop dumping sewage in Hogsmill River & Green Lanes Stream

29th June 2022 Kingston Labour and Epsom and Ewell Labour are calling on Thames Water need to stop dumping raw sewage in Hogsmill River & Green Lanes Stream. We have written a joint letter to Thames Water and both Councils calling for action to be taken. The pollution affects Epsom,…

The Village Surgery in New Malden is closing! Keep it for Primary Care Services.

28th June 2022 A few weeks ago we raised our concerns over the possibility of complete closure of the Village Surgery, when the practice had its registration removed by the CQC and was taken over temporarily by the Groves practice. We are deeply disappointed to now hear of the closure…

Profits Before Passengers – The rail workers strike for their jobs and us all.

22nd June 2022 RMT represent a large number of rail workers who’s jobs are currently at risk. The Tory Government, after slashing £4bn of funding from National Rail and Transport for London, has actively prevented a settlement to this dispute. Train companies paid shareholders almost £800,000,000 last year. Now they…

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