Call to Canvass for Re-Election of Cllr Kate Taylor in Devonport

THIS WEEKEND, the  Sat 12th / Sun 13 March, all Labour Party Members are invited to join the Plymouth Labour Party in their DASH FOR DEVONPORT canvass event in support of the re-election of Councillor Kate Taylor. They will be building on the amazing BIG BUDSHEAD mass canvass last weekend in the run up to the May 2016 Local Government elections.

The local Devonport Branch said: “We need to remind the good people of Devonport about how amazing their Councillor, Kate Taylor is by canvassing with a view to making 300 contacts and delivering over 4000 personalised letters over the weekend”.

Please help to re-elect Kate Taylor and promote Labour in the area by meeting the residents of Devonport this weekend. There are four locations/times:

• Saturday, March 12 at 10:30 AM · Corner of George Street and Duke Street
• Saturday, March 12 at 2:00 PM · Junction of Royal Navy Avenue and North Down Gardens
• Sunday, March 13 at 11:00 AM · Meeting outside of Latitude 52, Albert Road
• Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 PM · Meeting outside Keyham Green Places, Renown Street

Contact the local group via their Facebook page or see the events page on the Plymouth Labour Party website events page for more information on Labour campaigns in the locality.

A Fully Funded NHS is Not an Option: It is a Neccessity

Labour says you can’t trust the Tories when it comes to funding your NHS

MEMBERS of the Branch were presented with the case for a fully funded NHS by John Tilbury, former NHS Commissioner and Jan Parker who worked as a GP locally for 26 years at the well attended March 2016, Branch Meeting.

Despite Conservative Party claims in May 2015 of an additional £8bn NHS funding package, we are reminded all too often that Hospital Trusts and Health Authorities up and down the county lurch from one funding crisis to the next.

Against this backdrop, John Tilbury made the case for a fully funded NHS, highlighting the root of the current difficulties facing the NHS is technically ‘underfunding’.

This view, he added, was supported by comparisons with other healthcare systems across the globe, often in less wealthy nations, that generally have a ‘higher proportion of GDP spent on health’ as well as having more beds and nurses on a per capita basis.

Jan Parker, in support of the Support the Reinstatement of Our NHS Petition hosted by the 38 Degrees website, emphasised the negative impact that privatization and tendering of services is having on the NHS by directing valuable resources away from care and into ‘unnecessary administration’.

Members were made aware of the importance of the NHS Reinstatement Bill as part of a cross-party campaign restore the NHS to a fully accountable public service by proposing to end the drive toward NHS privatization.

Jan urged all those present to sign the petition and to contact their local MP and ask them to support the NHS reinstatement Bill.

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If you would like to read up on the issue, Jan Parker has produced a fact file that can be read or downloaded via the link below

NHS factfile