Farnham and Bordon Labour Party

3 days ago

*More diagnostic hubs for treatment in the community & more patient choice are the cornerstones of how the Government will cut NHS waiting lists.*

Fantastic speech from the PM on Monday outlining how the Government will get this done and finally bring down waiting lists

Full details 👉 www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-remarks-on-the-nhs-6-january-2025 ... See MoreSee Less

Farnham and Bordon Labour Party

4 days ago

Your MP Gregory Stafford voted *against* tackling poverty and increasing protections for our children.

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools bill is the greatest increase in the rights and protections of children in a generation, offering increased Ofsted oversight of children's home providers, improved recognition of Kinship Carers, and concrete steps to keep families together.

It will also tackle poverty with free breakfast clubs in all primary schools in England, and by limiting the number of branded bits of uniform schools can ask parents to buy.

Your MP Gregory Stafford MP blindly followed his party leader, and voted against these measures by supporting an amendment that would have crashed the bill.

Opposition has a vital role in our democracy: the reasoned criticism of Government lawmaking, to improve and refine it.

So it is disturbing to see opposition parties using this landmark bill as an opportunity to grab headlines, cover up their own previous failures, and retraumatise child victims who have already given so much to recent enquiries. Enquiries which the Conservatives failed to act on.

It is a politicians job to take the recommendations victims of crime make, and implement them - that is what this Government is doing, and tonight our MP chose not to support them. ... See MoreSee Less

Farnham and Bordon Labour Party

3 weeks ago

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Farnham & Bordon Labour party!

Wishing everyone in Bordon, Farnham, Grayshott, Haslemere, Liphook and our villages a restful, peaceful Christmas 🎅 ... See MoreSee Less

Farnham and Bordon Labour Party

3 weeks ago

POTHOLES!

Today the Government announced an £8.5 MILLION increase in funding for Surrey county council to tackle potholes.

This massive 35% increase meets and *exceeds* our manifesto promise to tackle potholes.

The question is now, given how badly Surrey's Conservatives let our roads get, will they be able to use this money to clean up their mess? ... See MoreSee Less