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NHS Services
Horsham Labour Party cares passionately about our NHS and we do not wish to stand idly by as the Tory led Coalition Government pushes through a series of changes that could fundamentally alter all that we feel is good about … Continue reading
Local elections 2011 – our five commitments
From talking to local residents it is clear that many feel disappointed with the level of representation offered by our councillors. Too many councillors once elected are never seen again, or move away like the Lib Dem from Horsham Park … Continue reading
Fundraising with Hazel Blears
On Tuesday February 16th Horsham Labour party held a fund-raising quiz in Horsham, which was co-hosted by Hazel Blears MP and Andrew Skudder, our candidate at last year’s general election.Party members from Crawley, Horsham, Arundel & South Downs, Worthing, Brighton … Continue reading
An open letter to Francis Maude
A group of agricultural workers within the Horsham constituency (including Horsham Labour party’s chair, David Hide, who works in the agricultural industry) will be taking part in a national rally and lobby organised by Unite the Union on Wednesday 9th … Continue reading
Countryside Properties: Labour’s objections
Below are the full texts of the speeches we made at the planning meeting in objection to the application to build 963 homes in Broadbridge Heath, with only 20% of the proposed development addressing local housing needs.David Hide, Chair of … Continue reading
Lib Dems and Tories vote to dump almost 1000 homes on Broadbridge Heath
At a planning meeting last week the Lib Dem and Tory councillors voted to build nearly 1000 homes on Broadbridge Heath, doubling the size of the village at a stroke. Horsham Labour party spoke against this application, on the grounds … Continue reading
West Sussex Youth Centres
A message from county councillor Chris Oxlade: We’ve been working hard to fight the massive cuts to the West Sussex Youth Service which the county council is trying to implement. Already the service has had £2 million slashed from its … Continue reading
Congratulations to Duncan
This week Duncan Enright won a council byelection for Labour. OK maybe it is only a town council byelection but this was in David Cameron’s back yard and he won convincingly with 66% of the vote – four times as … Continue reading
Happy New Year
We would like to wish all our members, and everybody else in Horsham constituency a Happy New Year in 2011. It is likely to be a good year. Unless you are old. Or looking forward to university. Or fall ill, … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from Horsham Labour
Horsham Labour party would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you all at the polling stations in May!