Coast
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Labour’s offer to communities of the Coast
The LCC team As we approach our annual Virtual Coast & Country Conference this Saturday we recognise the real opportunity of it being the last before a General election, and before Labour’s manifesto will be written. Communities of the Coast have always been electorally important to Labour, and this election will be no different; as…
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The Power of the Coast
Jess Asato and Keir Cozens With the right political leadership and the right investment, our coastal communities can provide the quality jobs of the future – and power Labour’s ambition for our country. Earlier this month we heard the devastating news that there would be no further offshore wind energy projects this year due to…
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Cambridge on the Coast? | Andy Westwood
A former colleague recently tweeted that “what UK really needs is Cambridge on the Coast; a new University for the Coast…” Certainly, we need something. England’s coast is largely poorer than the rest of England and the UK. Skills levels and wages/productivity are typically lower than the English and UK average, as are progression rates…
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Rebuild in Coast and Country | Rachel Reeves MP
It was a privilege to join Labour Coast and Country recently to talk about how Labour can rebuild support in towns, rural areas, and coastal communities. Currently, the electoral map shows England as a sea of blue, with small clusters of red in and around our cities. Our road to power must encompass towns and…
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Join us for a discussion with Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister | Zoom Event
We’re delighted to announce that Rachel Reeves MP, who leads the Shadow Cabinet Office team, has agreed to join us for our next Zoom session on Tuesday 23rd June at 6pm. Rachel has a broad brief which spans devolution and the constitution, Brexit, and aspects of the Coronavirus response. She’s interested in speaking with members about how…
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LCC @ Labour Party Conference 2019
‘Winning England’ drinks, in partnership the English Labour Network | Sunday 22 September, 12:00 – 12:30 Ahead of our annual gathering at 12:45, start conference in style by joining us for a drink at the seaside Tempest Inn to meet other like-minded Labour members who recognise that our party must win outside of the major cities to form…
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A Rural Strategy for England | Hywel Lloyd
The recent publication of the Lords Inquiry into the rural economy (explored here by Baroness Young) reinforces the need for a Rural Strategy as proposed by the Rural Services Network, its partner organisations and many others, including LCC. As we often find many MPs and political leaders are surprised to find that more people live in rural England than live in Greater London…
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The Future of Seaside Towns | Lord Bassam
The Lords Select Committee on ‘The Future of Seaside Towns’ paints a familiar picture of what can happen to communities that get left behind in a two speed economy. Many of us watched in the 80’s as the Thatcher government ruthlessly deconstructed the industrial economy through a mix of privatisation, state disinvestment and plant closures.…
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A Manifesto for England | Hywel Lloyd
While much of the Labour family is rightly occupied with their local election campaign for tomorrow, some of the early steps in preparing for ‘The English election’ of 2019 (elections in 192 District Councils, 47 Unitaries and 33 Mets on 2nd May ’19), began last week. Labour:COAST&COUNTRY (LCC) brought together seven of our newer MPs…
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Event | Coast and Country: Have your Say
Rural and coastal communities face a number of unique problems that are often misunderstood by the politicians in London who set national policy. ‘Coast and Country: Have your Say’ is a free public meeting, giving you an opportunity to share your concerns about the challenges of living in rural and coastal South West Devon and…