The rate of teenage pregnancy in the Medway unitary authority has fallen just 0.06% since 2001, according to the Office of National Statistics, despite apparent investment from the Labour government.
Two weeks ago, AlanWCollins revealed that 54 ten and eleven year-olds have fallen pregnant since 2002 and also that 300 girls aged 13 and under fall [...]
Labour Councillor Bill Esterson has been selected to fight the Sefton Central constituency at this year’s general election, ahead of a local councillor and a civil servant.
Cllr Esterson, who held his seat on River ward in 2007 whilst his colleague lost to the Conservatives’ Craig MacKinlay, is looking at a notional majority of 4,950, according [...]
Labour’s candidates for the 2011 local elections have been announced – via one of the candidates’ twitter feed.
Amongst the selections for the two wards are the three sitting councillors in Chatham Central and Medway blogger Tristan Osborne for what was once Labour’s safest seat, Luton and Wayfield.
Chatham Central councillors Vince Maple (pictured), Julie Shaw and [...]
Conservative councillors reacted with shock following the last full meeting of Medway Council, after Labour councillors called for the yellow bus scheme to be scrapped.
The scheme, offering a dedicated and safe scheme of transport for school children living a reasonable distance from their school, was introduced in 2003 by the Conservatives on Medway Council.
Currently eight [...]
Cllr Nick Brice has exclusively told AlanWCollins that “I may be down, but I am not out!” after being expelled by the Conservative Group.
However, Cllr Brice has refused to directly confirm or deny whether he intends to stand down as a councillor or remain as an Independent.
Cllr Brice was expelled by his colleagues after it [...]
