Campaigners supporting the National Living Wage campaign have congratulated Beverley holiday homes manufacturer ABI.
Supporters of the National Living Wag say that ABI is already seeing the benefits. They say that as a result of their stance it has helped them secure a contract worth £600,000.
Labour candidates in the East Riding Council elections are hoping to make gains at the expense of outgoing Tory candidates.
Campaigners say that response on the doorstep has been robust with residents complaining about overdevelopment with lack of infrastructure, cuts in spending on youth services, schools and elderly care.
Local Labour Party members say they are feeling optimistic about winning all three seats in Minster and Woodmansey.
Candidates Ann Willis, George McManus and Claire Wildey have been out door knocking ahead of the election on Thursday 2 May.
Labour Party members have officially launched their campaign for the 2019 local elections calling for ERYC to put ‘I Before E’.
Over sixty candidates were outside County Hall in Beverley as the party fielding the most candidates in the election made their voices heard.
Following the recent surge in Labour Party membership, East Riding Labour Party will be fielding 61 candidates. The party will have candidates across all 26 wards in the elections to County Hall on May 2nd.
Families will be at the heart of the campaign when East Riding Labour launches its assault on Tory-held seats at County Hall.
Andy Parrish the Communication Workers Union Branch Secretary for Hull & East Riding says Beverley deserves to have a Crown Post Office.
Mr Parish was one of the campaigners who took to the streets to voice their concerns over the Post Office plans to relocate services to WH Smith store on Toll Gavel.
Campaigners will be out in force on Saturday morning in support of the Post Office workers campaign to prevent the franchising of the town’s Crown post office to WH Smith.
Post Office managers are currently ‘consulting.roposals to transfer the town’s postal services to the high street stationer. The post office has been operating from its current site for over 100 years.
Local Labour Party member George McManus has called the Health Secretary Mr Scrooge. His comments following the government’s announcement to slash public spending on health.
Mr McManus says that the latest round of spending cuts will have a devastating effect. He is also concerned that they will hit some of the most venerable in the community.
Members of the local Labour Party say they will join others at an anti-Fracking Protest planned later this week.
On Thursday East Riding of Yorkshire Council planners will meet to discuss extending a licence granted to Rathlin Energy.
Beverley’s Labour Party members have hit out at the Budget branding it nothing more than ‘smoke and mirrors’ adding it will fuel poverty.
Labour’s comments come after the Phillip Hammond delivered his 2018 Autumn Budget. In the budget additional money for schools, defence, the NHS and local authorities was all made available by the Chancellor.
Labour Party and local LibDem members were united on Saturday as they staging a protest to save Beverley Post Office from closure.
Representatives of from both parties were in Beverley town centre collecting signatures for their petitions to save the post office.
Beverley Labour Party campaigners will be joining forces with members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) this weekend.
Labour is calling on the Post Office to change its plans for the relocation. Proposals would see post office services from the town’s main post office moved to WH Smith.
We must take back control before it’s too late – that was the message when Labour Party activists took to the streets of Beverley on Saturday.
Hundreds of people took the opportunity to tell Party members of their fears that Britain is moving towards a no deal Brexit outcome.
Cllr Denis Healy who represents residents in the Beverley St Mary’s Ward says the case for relocating the police station is not immediately clear to him.
His comments come after the local Labour Party in Beverley put forward their idea to move the Police Station in Beverley from New Walk to the former site of St Nicholas School.
Beverley and Holderness Labour Party are putting forward an idea to relocate Beverley Police Station from New Walk to the vacated St Nicholas School site.
They say the idea has come as a result of campaigners who concerned about anti social behaviour are which is why they are lobbying for the relocation of Beverley’s police station.
Campaigners opposed to East Riding Council proposals for Sheltered Housing schemes are reporting increased opposition ahead of the consultation deadline of this Friday.
The local authority extended the consultation period, a move that was welcomed by a number of key figures in the town.
George McManus has hit out at the Conservative Party accusing them of shooting their own messenger.
Mr. Manus made the comments after the government confirmed there would be no review into the closure and changes to how some hospitals in the region operate.
Sheltered Housing schemes residents will be joined on Wednesday by local campaigners opposed to East Riding Council proposals which would see warden numbers in Sheltered Accommodation slashed.
In July, ERYC proposed a shake up of arrangements for the area’s Sheltered Housing schemes which would see 53 dedicated wardens being replaced by 11 mobile wardens.