Thank you for your support!

Thank you for your support!
Post Date May 25, 2014
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Category Freemantle

“I am very grateful for the trust local residents have put in me by re-electing me as a councillor for Freemantle Ward.Thank you if you did vote for me this time, but either way I will work hard to represent you and to do a good job, standing up for the area and local people.“– Jeremy Moulton

The full results for Freemantle Ward are: 

BARTRAM, Dean – UKIP: 471 
BLUEMEL, Christopher Francis – The Green Party: 449 
MARX, Michael – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 36 
MITCHELL, Harry – Liberal …

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12 YEARS OF HARD WORK FOR THE FREEMANTLE WARD

12 YEARS OF HARD WORK FOR THE FREEMANTLE WARD
Post Date April 21, 2014
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Dear ResidentI have been your local councillor for the past 12 years and on 22nd May I am standing for re-election.I have always worked hard to represent everyone in the area and to get things done and make a difference. For me this is the best part of being a councillor. It’s a job I love and which I put my all into and I hope after May to continue to represent you and the area I grew up in.We have great community spirit in …

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Conservatives Save The Weekly Bin Collections

Post Date November 22, 2012
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Local Conservatives have saved the weekly bin collections in Southampton, despite Labour’s best efforts to axe the service! Labour announced earlier this month that the weekly bin collections would go if a bid submitted to government by the previous Conservative Council was unsuccessful and have put a dozen bin men on notice of redundancy. This was despite their last minute pre-election pledge not to cut the bins. Conservatives have been lobbying the government over recent months to provide extra funds for the city which will not only …

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Labour To Axe Weekly Bin Collections

Post Date November 13, 2012
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Many residents will remember our pre-election warning about the weekly bin collection being scrapped by Labour.Labour put out leaflets just days before the May elections, promising to keep the bins weekly. Labour knew the full financial situation of the Council when making this and their other promises.Labour yesterday broke their bins promise by revealing their plans to end the weekly bin collection. This is a cynical and calculated betrayal of local people who believed in Labour and their promises. Despite being in power for less than …

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Labour Need To Be Clear Over the Future Of Oaklands

Post Date October 17, 2012
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What a complete mess Labour are in over the issue of Oaklands Pool. Broken promises, deceit and incompetence are fast becoming hallmarks of the new council Administration.One of Labour’s first actions on taking control of the council was to announce the closure of Oaklands, despite their election pledge just a few weeks before, promising to protect it. 

Since then we have had total confusion over the future of the site. On one hand we had Labour saying the long term maintenance costs of the pool were …

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Labour Announce 240 Council Job Cuts

Post Date September 18, 2012
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Another broken Labour promise by Southampton’s new Council Administration as a hit list of 240 jobs is revealed, ahead of the draft city budget announcement next month.Labour went into the local elections in May saying there would be no council job cuts as a result of their new staff redeployment model based on one adopted in Sunderland. They renamed this approach the Solent model and described it as their plan B for the council. The scheme would have seen the staff redeployment period extended to …

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“The lunatics are now in charge of the asylum”

Post Date May 16, 2012
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Category Budget, Labour

Southampton City Council faces huge challenges in the years ahead. It must save £30M to balance the books next year alone. This is a big task, if at the same time Council Tax is to be kept down for residents who are already struggling with the rising cost of living, and services that are important to local people are to be protected.

The outgoing Conservative Administration understood this and for the past 5 years we have met these challenges head on. In our last 2 years …

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Southampton’s Conservative Councillors on May 3rd

Southampton’s Conservative Councillors on May 3rd
Post Date April 12, 2012
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Details of Conservative candidates can be found HERE and a full list of candidates for this May’s local elections can be found HERE on Southampton City Council’s website.

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Vote NO to AV on 5th May

Post Date April 11, 2011
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Labour Plans Huge Council Tax Rise for Southampton

Post Date February 22, 2011
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Labour run Manchester council are slashing front line services and closing community facilities like libraries and swimming pools. They are taking advantage of the financial crisis to make unpopular decisions and then blame the coalition government to score political points.In Southampton the Labour Party refused to say what their plans would be if they ran the city. But we can be sure that they too would pursue the same cynical tactics; closing facilities and making the cuts as painful as possible. In the last year …

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