We are delighted to welcome Aftab Nawaz as the candidate for St Matthews ward in the coming election in May 2012. Aftab comes with a long list of credentials that will make him, if elected , an excellent representative for the residents of St Matthews to join Eileen Russell as the current Councillor who represents you.
Issues of
- the Town centre is in our ward and looks decayed and needs an injection of enthusiasm and regeneration activity... totally neglected by this Tory run Council
- finally the eyesore of the Mellish road church has been demolished after promises made and broken.. first rule of politics never make promises that you cannot keep... now what future for this important site as an entrance to view for visitors to Walsall.
- the issue of parking around the University in Gorway has not been resolved despite again many promises to residents... let us get round the table and sort this one for the benefit of residents and the University
- the difficulty of residents to park their own cars in streets in the ward with the large increase in resident parking permit fees has not been consulted with those affected. Parking policy on Walsall is in a mess and needs a sensible and realistic approach...those with businesses in Ablewell Street are being punished and seriously affected by a short sighted parking policy that could drive more people and shops away from Walsall.
- what effects are happening in this ward as a result of savage cuts to support for the vulnerable and elderly that depend on this support for a fair quality of life? walsall Council under the tories are going down the route of charging according to the level of benefits received which is resulting in man cases where those affected are being left with very little left to run their lives which are often costly due to their disabilities.
- in our ward falls the Council House.. the tories are proposing to spend nearly £1 million in upgrading this building over the next two years while those extra vulnerable residents are finding their support being cut to the bone.
- Walsall Council has a 'spin' doctor press department which costs us as council tax payers around £450000 a year... what is the justification of spending that kind of money when the vulnerable in this Borough are suffering horrendous cuts to their support?
I hope that you will get to meet Aftab in the next few months as a person who will defend especially those who are finding living day to day a real struggle.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Surgery times.. come and see me!
I want to thank those who supported me in the recent local elections; an election that clearly showed local people want this Conservative Council and the Tory-led Government to listen and change course. On Thursday 5 May the people of Walsall firmly rejected badly thought-through policies that this Government and the Council are pursuing.
On the doorstep, time and again, you’ve told me how concerned you are about our vital public services, and I promise I will stand up for our community. Labour will be Walsall’s first line of defence against the damage being caused by the Tory-led Government’s cuts.
As your Councillor, I’m here to serve YOU, and I want to make sure that your voice is heard. If you have a concern, let me know, and let’s try and sort it out together. I will work hard to get the best for our whole community and that means listening to you, so I will be holding my surgeries Saturday surgeries will run as 10 am to 10.45am Croft House Union Street ( from 11th June ) and then at Walsall Central Library from 11. am to 11.45. am.( room back of children’s library) News and updates from stmatthewslabour.blogspot.com
If you can’t make it to see me at my surgery but still have something to say, you can ring me on telephone number below.
Yours sincerely,
Eileen
Eileen Russell
Labour Councillor for Matthews tel 07903442136
On the doorstep, time and again, you’ve told me how concerned you are about our vital public services, and I promise I will stand up for our community. Labour will be Walsall’s first line of defence against the damage being caused by the Tory-led Government’s cuts.
As your Councillor, I’m here to serve YOU, and I want to make sure that your voice is heard. If you have a concern, let me know, and let’s try and sort it out together. I will work hard to get the best for our whole community and that means listening to you, so I will be holding my surgeries Saturday surgeries will run as 10 am to 10.45am Croft House Union Street ( from 11th June ) and then at Walsall Central Library from 11. am to 11.45. am.( room back of children’s library) News and updates from stmatthewslabour.blogspot.com
If you can’t make it to see me at my surgery but still have something to say, you can ring me on telephone number below.
Yours sincerely,
Eileen
Eileen Russell
Labour Councillor for Matthews tel 07903442136
Friday, May 20, 2011
Welcome to our new councillor Eileen Russell
Well done Eileen! the real work starts now!
Cllr Ian Robertson
campaign coordinator
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Where has our local Councillor gone?
News that the current councillor for st Matthews has run off to Paddock no doubt due to her fears that she would have been beaten in the local elections coming up is deplorable. Ignoring the political badges , I have , and I hope the voters also take the view , that abandoning your ward for such selfish reasons , I find disgraceful . If you have working and supported your ward, no matter what the political label is, voters will support you... Barbara McCracken did the same thing when she was a councillor in Rushall and abandoned them to come to St Matthews as a 'safer' seat.
Have respect for Barbara for her work as cabinet member for Social Services ( having a £5 Million cut of course this year!) but here I hope the voters of St Matthews will support Eilleen Russell who will be loyal to her ward if elected and hope that the voters in Paddock will rightly object to having a new candidate foisted on them and vote in Nasar Ali... maybe the current councillor who now stands as an independent will split the vote!!
No wonder the population has such a low opinion of us politicians... however there are exceptions to this rule.... the voters should know who they are!!
regards
Ian Robertson
Have respect for Barbara for her work as cabinet member for Social Services ( having a £5 Million cut of course this year!) but here I hope the voters of St Matthews will support Eilleen Russell who will be loyal to her ward if elected and hope that the voters in Paddock will rightly object to having a new candidate foisted on them and vote in Nasar Ali... maybe the current councillor who now stands as an independent will split the vote!!
No wonder the population has such a low opinion of us politicians... however there are exceptions to this rule.... the voters should know who they are!!
regards
Ian Robertson
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Come the revolution.!!!
Come the revolution.
Man the barricades before it is too late! We stand at a crossroads where we are poised to slide into a Walsall where the slogan will be ‘Survival of the fittest !’ ‘Let the market decide! ‘
The proposed cuts or more like amputations that are revealed in the budget proposals for Walsall to be passed without a wimper at full council on 24th February will hit at the very heart of this Borough.
6 libraries to be closed… without any doubt in the most disadvantaged parts of Walsall serving such wards as Pleck, Birchills Blakenall Palfrey Willenhall and Darlaston.
£100,000 off the music service plus a national cut of up to £850K which will end music support in Walsall apart from those in the more affluent areas who can afford to pay. Plus more cuts to the museum and art gallery.. so some of the reasons to live here in Walsall are getting crossed off the list as we move to being just an ordinary Town living in a cultural desert.
An end to Community transport service now to be mainly run by a private company.
A serious cut to current levels of support for social services support of over £7 million with imposition of charges of up to £85 a week . A direct attack on those most disadvantaged in Walsall.
Cuts of nearly £3 million in Leisure which will mean almost certainly as well as 6 libraries, all but 6 of swimming pools attached to schools will close and cuts to park maintenance and cover.
£600,000 off young services provision … no doubt more young people to be seen hanging about street corners. A requested cut of £2.5 million off the contract held by SERCO to deliver education in Walsall schools while we languish still very near the bottom of the league for education results in England.
When you cut £25 million off a budget at a stroke, the fall out for front line services will be major, especially for the disadvantaged fellow members of the human race in Walsall.
At the sharp end there will be many small community projects that will be closed. I note that the £12,000 yearly grant to the scouts to help pay for premises rental and training costs will cease which will mean some groups will close.
The problem for Walsall is that power rests with one individual almost alone… bit like in Egypt really … however the people there are showing what they think of him! See you in Liberation Square in Bridge Street, Walsall.
Man the barricades before it is too late! We stand at a crossroads where we are poised to slide into a Walsall where the slogan will be ‘Survival of the fittest !’ ‘Let the market decide! ‘
The proposed cuts or more like amputations that are revealed in the budget proposals for Walsall to be passed without a wimper at full council on 24th February will hit at the very heart of this Borough.
6 libraries to be closed… without any doubt in the most disadvantaged parts of Walsall serving such wards as Pleck, Birchills Blakenall Palfrey Willenhall and Darlaston.
£100,000 off the music service plus a national cut of up to £850K which will end music support in Walsall apart from those in the more affluent areas who can afford to pay. Plus more cuts to the museum and art gallery.. so some of the reasons to live here in Walsall are getting crossed off the list as we move to being just an ordinary Town living in a cultural desert.
An end to Community transport service now to be mainly run by a private company.
A serious cut to current levels of support for social services support of over £7 million with imposition of charges of up to £85 a week . A direct attack on those most disadvantaged in Walsall.
Cuts of nearly £3 million in Leisure which will mean almost certainly as well as 6 libraries, all but 6 of swimming pools attached to schools will close and cuts to park maintenance and cover.
£600,000 off young services provision … no doubt more young people to be seen hanging about street corners. A requested cut of £2.5 million off the contract held by SERCO to deliver education in Walsall schools while we languish still very near the bottom of the league for education results in England.
When you cut £25 million off a budget at a stroke, the fall out for front line services will be major, especially for the disadvantaged fellow members of the human race in Walsall.
At the sharp end there will be many small community projects that will be closed. I note that the £12,000 yearly grant to the scouts to help pay for premises rental and training costs will cease which will mean some groups will close.
The problem for Walsall is that power rests with one individual almost alone… bit like in Egypt really … however the people there are showing what they think of him! See you in Liberation Square in Bridge Street, Walsall.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Is Blue Coates School to be yet another Academy?
News that the Governing Body of Blue Coates Secondary School has been sacked and taken over by Serco with the strong possibility that this will be another school offered up to be an Academy... have we not heard this one before? Darlaston Secondary school went the same way .. no notice of Governing Body.. just the sacking of Governors, no consultation and offered on a plate to some religious anti Darwinism guru !
Well I suppose Walsall Education is pretty low in the water anyway.. sold out to Serco on a 12 year contract.. no scrutiny . I wonder why Walsall is the only authority in the country now who has serco to run their education department.. the rest have sacked serco.. the pupils in Walsall have been sold out for another 11 years!
Well I suppose Walsall Education is pretty low in the water anyway.. sold out to Serco on a 12 year contract.. no scrutiny . I wonder why Walsall is the only authority in the country now who has serco to run their education department.. the rest have sacked serco.. the pupils in Walsall have been sold out for another 11 years!
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