Coleshill and Water Orton Labour Party

Harry Taylor, Labour’s County Council Spokesperson for the Coleshill division, has revealed his disgust that G4S are recruiting staff to carry out duties usually performed by Warwickshire police officers. G4S, the company that failed to fulfil it’s security duty at the London Olympics, has begun to recruit staff to carry out criminal investigations, including house-to-house … Continue reading »

Up and down the Country the Police are facing massive cuts which led recently to the Chair of the Warwickshire Police Federation (the body that represents Warwickshire Police officers) to tell the Conservative Home Secretary “We don’t trust you”. Warwickshire however is getting a pretty raw deal with HMIC reporting that by 2015 just 670 … Continue reading »

Everyone will have seen the new Morrison’s development taking place on the Sons of Rest land and our old car park. Many people will have also attended the public meeting held at the Town Hall earlier this year where we were all assured Morrison’s wanted to do all they could to limit the disruption the … Continue reading »

We don’t see quite as much of the beat officers around as we used to – and Coleshill Police Station has a ‘for sale’ sign on it.  And last year there were over 400 more criminal offences in North Warwickshire than the previous year. What’s happening?  Warwickshire is having to take the largest policing cuts … Continue reading »

Warwickshire’s Conservative County Councillors have voted to turn off the majority of street lights between midnight and 5.30a.m. Coleshill Town Councillor Harry Taylor, who is Labour’s spokesman on County Council matters has opposed the move, saying, “This decision by Conservative County Councillors will turn out the lights in most residential streets in Coleshill, Gilson, Shustoke … Continue reading »

Coleshill Town Council held it’s Planning Committee, Parks and Cemetery Committee and Buildings Committee on Wednesday 24/05/2012 at Coleshill Town Hall. These committees make recommendations to full council. Committees enable detailed discussion about important issues in the town. Labour Town Councillors, who are part of the ‘Fairer Deal’ campaign, have decided to ‘Report Back’ to … Continue reading »