Blog Posts - Lancaster and Fleetwood Labour Party

Save University and Scotforth Rural Ward

by Cllr Dr Erica Lewis Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Cllr Fabiha Askari to her first Lancaster Branch meeting since her election. Fabiha is going to be an excellent councillor, she already has a history of service & campaigning for both individuals (providing material support to refugees…

Green Party abdicates responsibility for South Lancaster

While local Green Party operatives are telling Lancaster residents that they’ll “do what we can to mitigate the effects of” the South Lancaster decision, at the city council none of the Green Party cabinet members of the city council are willing to take responsibility for South Lancaster – despite holding…

No. The City Council didn’t agree to building 9185 homes in South Lancaster.

No, Lancaster City Council didn’t agree to 9185 homes being built in South Lancaster. Future consultations and planning processes will determine how many homes are built and where they are built. The collaboration agreement helps funds necessary infrastructure for current and future homes that may be built in South Lancaster.…

Councillors move to ensure South Lancaster project addresses the climate emergency, supports local businesses and jobs, and strengthens community engagement

At today’s full council meeting of a cross-party group of councillors will move amendments to ensure the priorities of Lancaster City Council and many people across the district are reflected in the agreement between the City Council and County Council (if it is passed): to support both councils in their…

Update: Progress made on Labour Calls for Greater Transparency in the South Lancaster Growth Catalyst Debate

Yesterday, we reported that we had asked officers to make a public report available on the South Lancaster Growth Catalyst decision. Today, we can advise that a public report is now available here. The report provided is an excerpt from the report provided to councillors. The report usefully refutes some…

Lancaster Labour Group calls for more transparency on South Lancaster Growth Catalyst

On Friday afternoon, Lancaster City Council published 342 pages of papers for Wednesday’s full council meeting. However, they have all been published as exempt items and are not accessible to anyone beyond city councillors and officers. The Lancaster Labour has asked that at least those portions of the covering report…

Lancaster Labour group calls for more time to consider South Lancaster Growth Catalyst

Lancaster Labour Group is today publicly calling on Homes England to grant an extension to allow further consideration of Lancaster City Council’s role in the South Lancaster Growth Catalyst (also known as Bailrigg Garden Village). Since details of the funding for South Lancaster Growth Catalyst were revealed to cabinet members…

Yes to the homes we need, No to a developers’ free for all

Today’s release of next Wednesday’s agenda and papers for a full council meeting of Lancaster City Council shows that councillors will debate a cross-party motion calling on the Government to protect the right of communities to object to individual planning applications. This debate will take place in the context of…

Sign our “Save the RLI!” petition

Lancaster and Fleetwood CLP has just launched its petition to save the Royal Lancaster Infirmary…

Lancaster and Fleetwood CLP leadership nominations

Lancaster and Fleetwood held a Special CLP Meeting to nominate Leader and Deputy Leader candidates…