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News and views from Ely and East Cambridgeshire #Labour Party. Promoted by Gareth Wright, of Alex Wood Hall, Norfolk St Cambridge CB1 2LD www.elyandeastcambridgeshirelabour.… www.facebook.com/elyandeastcambslab…

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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
In his election campaign, the Mayor promised to save the 9. He was given the chance to make good on that promise in the last board meeting and he didn't take it. So we are calling on him again to make good his promise. www.elyandeastcambridgeshirelabour.co.uk/post/bristow...
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Bristow's bus backtrack?
In his election campaign, Paul Bristow promised to save the No. 9 bus. He was given the chance to make good on that promise in the last board meeting and he didn't take it. So we are calling on him ag...
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Fantastic day on #labourdoorstep in #Waterbeach yesterday. Hundreds of conversations with great support for @anna4labour.bsky.social and #JamesBull
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A week early for getting out the postal vote! Spring has well and truly sprung in #FenDitton this morning. On the #labourdoorstep with #JamesBull, great support with less than 4 weeks to go until #LocalElections2025,
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
On the #labourdoorstep today in #Littleport supporting @rebeccadenness.bsky.social Residents pleased we took the time to speak to them about local issues. Great support for @anna4labour.bsky.social and her work on improving local bus services.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thank you to @bayoalaba.bsky.social for his support yesterday on the #LabourDoorstep with @anna4labour.bsky.social and #JamesBull in #Waterbeach
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#Labour are investing in keeping homes and businesses safe from flooding here in #Ely and #EastCambridgeshire. #PromisesMadePromisesKept
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It is clear that only @anna4labour.bsky.social can beat the #Tories. A vote for the #LibDems or The #Greens is a vote for a Tory mayor!
Graph showing opinion poll for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#Labour have provided the funds but we need our local councils to provide the action when it comes to #potholes . This May we have a chance to elect Labour councillors to work with the government and put an end to the pothole epidemic in #Cambridgeshire
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It's #Waterbeach today on the #labourdoorstep. Great support for #JamesBull. Clear message from voters that they don't want a Tory mayor in May and that only a vote for @anna4labour.bsky.social can prevent this.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
On the #labourdoorstep in #Littleport today supporting @rebeccadenness.bsky.social and @anna4labour.bsky.social Voters keen to hear about #Labour's plans to revive our ailing high streets.
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Labour Unions @labourunionsuk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
💪 The #EmploymentRights Bill passed the Commons last night – delivering a major victory for working people. ❌ The Tories & Reform tried to block it at every turn.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#Labour is delivering for working people in #EastCambridgeshire. A huge boost to the minimum wage, and better rights on sick pay and banning exploitative zero hours contracts and fire and rehire. #Changehasbegun!
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Tom Hingston @tomhingston.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
My Plan for #Cottenham #Rampton and #Willingham @eastcambslabour.bsky.social - Don’t just fix potholes! Relay roads if required 🚘 - I know Labour’s national plans for technical training can be delivered to our schools 📖 💻 - Tackle Antisocial behaviour 👮‍♂️ - Invest in local social services 💴
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
#Itsalwayssunny in #Littleport, well sometimes! Delivering leaflets today in support of @rebeccadenness.bsky.social for County Council and @anna4labour.bsky.social for #Cambridgeshire and #Peterborough Mayor.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Great support for #JamesBull and @anna4labour.bsky.social on the #labourdoorstep in #Waterbeach today, candidates in touch with the communities they wish to serve.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
BREAKING: “They have been invaded by Russia. This is Russian aggression and the quickest way to end this conflict is Russia to stop the aggression and we need to be really clear about that” Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Residents in #Littleport were pleased to hear about the positive changes that #Labour's crime and policing bill will bring on the #labourdoorstep today. Great support for @RebeccaDenness.bsky.social and @anna4Labour.bsky.social
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Talking to voters in #Horningsea with #JamesBullLabour today there was one thing that residents agreed on, how poorly the incumbent LibDem councillors have handled development locally. #itstimeforchange
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#Labour is fulfilling its commitment to restore #NHS #dental services. Today, a strategy was unveiled to offer hundreds of thousands of urgent NHS dental appointments, with over 14,000 scheduled in our region.
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Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments
Government delivers on its manifesto commitment to roll out extra urgent appointments across the country.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thrilled to share that anna4labour.bsky.social will stand as the #Labour candidate for the position of Mayor in #Cambridgeshire and #Peterborough @mayordrnik.bsky.social has achieved remarkable success over the last four years, we have just 10 weeks to ensure this progress continues with Anna.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Promises made, promises kept.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Speaking to voters in #Milton today with #JamesBull. No-one has forgotten the harm done to the country in the 14years of Tory and coalition government. Lots of support for #Labour in upcoming county council and mayoral elections.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Labour is building the homes that our families in #Ely and #EastCambridgeshire need - putting the dream of home ownership back in reach. That’s the difference you get with #Labour in power.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
#Labour are boosting our #Police services to help combat crime in our communities here in #Cambridgeshire.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The state of the roads was a popular topic out on the #labourdoorstep this morning. People pleased to hear about the £10m that the #Labour goverment has given #Cambridgeshire to fix potholes like this one in #Waterbeach
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Our second nominee is @rebeccadenness.bsky.social , who is vying to represent #Littleport. Last July, Rebecca served as the #Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for #WestSuffolk and has been a notable presence on the #Ely council for several years.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We are delighted to introduce our first candidates for the #Cambridgeshire County Council elections in May. First up is @JamesBullLabour, who is standing in #Waterbeach. James was the #Labour PPC here in the 2019 GE and is currently a parish councillor in Waterbeach
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 17/01/2025
He lied & lied & lied & lied & no-one in the NHS will ever see him as anything other than a grasping, greedy, crooked, venal, narcissistic charlatan. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for decades
Exclusive: Labour to announce removal of many of 40 planned projects as costs spiral to estimated £30bn
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
14 years of decay under the Tories can't be fixed overnight but we will get there. #changebegins
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Nearly a third of drivers in rural areas said that their vehicles have been damaged by #potholes in the last year alone. #Labour is working to fix our local roads. #NationalPotholeDay www.gov.uk/report-pothole
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
From keeping bus fares low & protecting the #TigerBusPass, to boosting skills & celebrating our heritage – we’re building a better future for Cambs & Peterborough. ➡️ Read more: orlo.uk/x7TC4 #Budget2025 @mayordrnik.bsky.social
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Great to be back out on the #LabourDoorstep today in #Waterbeach supporting @JamesBullLabour ahead of county council elections in May.
#Labour team on the doorstep in #Waterbeach
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11/01/2025
'So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate' Ben Obese-Jecty on Reform MP James McMurdock “Nobody who has served a custodial sentence for attacking a woman should be able to become an MP”. Via @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Pecksniff: So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
No one should be forced to endure sleeping on the streets; #Labour is committed to ending the escalating issue of homelessness.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
#Labour brought in the Hunting act in 2004, banning most hunting with dogs. The current Labour government is looking at strengthening this legislation. www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/tory-ca...
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Tory candidate for Mayor at Fitzwilliam Hunt as Labour urged to ban trail hunting
The Fitzwilliam (Milton) Hunt attract a large crowd to its New Year’s Day gathering at Wansford near Peterborough against a backdrop of renewed calls for Labour to implement its promised ban on trail ...
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This #Labour Government is upgrading the #NHS app to give patients more choice over treatment and help cut waiting lists, for good. 🌹
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
People in #Cambridgeshire are tired of navigating the #pothole epidemic that exploded under the Conservatives – but #Labour is taking action. With this new funding we can fill in an additional 139,000 potholes in our area next year
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Over £10m in Extra Funding to Tackle Potholes in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is to receive an additional £10m to tackle potholes – the equivalent of filling in 139,00 potholes next year.The Transport Secretary announced nearly £1.6 billion to…
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Today #Labour has allocated the #Cambridgeshire and #Peterborough Combined Authority over £10m to repair our roads, enough to repair around 140,000 potholes! #changehasbegun
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
In #EastCambridgeshire, 18% of families have adult children still living with their parents because they cannot afford to move out. #Labour will get Britain building again, creating the homes our communities need.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
An early #Christmas present today from #Labour mayor, #NikJohnson, as he announced that the combined authority has agreed to extend the £2 bus fare cap for services across #Cambridgeshire and #Peterborough. buff.ly/3Bvr71M
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
#Labour mayor, #NikJohnson, has worked tirelessly to make bus services more accessible across #Cambridgeshire. Creating more routes, the £1 'Tiger pass' for under 25's and now capping prices at £2.
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Mayor’s bold bid to extend £2 bus cap to March 2025 across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson is set to give thousands of bus users a surprise Christmas present by extending the £2 bus cap to the end of March next year. The three month extension to the scheme will cost up…
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
From next year our local rail service here in #Cambridgeshire will come back under government control. Investing in our future not bonuses and shareholders.
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South Western, C2C, and Greater Anglia to be renationalised
The rail operators will be renationalised in May, as part of the government's manifesto promise.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This #Labour Government will give more power to victims of stalking and take it away from the hands of their abusers.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#Labour's free breakfast clubs scheme gives parents more flexibility in getting to work in the morning. #Cambridgeshire schools can apply from today.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Tories are accused of making unfunded pledges worth £12million for every HOUR since Kemi Badenoch became leader. This will probably come as no surprise to anyone www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Unserious' Kemi Badenoch pledges £12million per hour with unfunded wishlist
Analysis of Kemi Badenoch's record reveals she's made pledges and opposed policies worth £7.6billion - but not said what she would cut instead after backing Labour spending
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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls. I won’t stop campaigning and voting and advocating for survivors until every woman and girl is safe from male violence Proud to represent a party that will start by halving violence against women
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
In July, the Liberal Democrats urged #Labour supporters to "lend them your vote." However, @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social hasn't voted in over 50% of divisions and hasn't backed key policies like employment rights, Great British energy and closing tax loopholes for public schools.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
After years of Tory sticking plaster politics #Labour are offering long term solutions.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour @eastcambslabour.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This Labour Government promised to deliver better buses. We are delivering on that promise: ✅ £1bn of funding for buses ✅ powers over services for every community ✅ to speed up delivery of public control ✅ Buses Bill to end the postcode lottery of services
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