Our MP Derek Twigg, has today written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in support of the Leader of Halton Borough Council, Cllr Rob Polhill’s, call for a reversal of the planned cuts to Halton’s government funding, to urgently address the £5.8 billon gap in funding that council’s face by 2020 and to provide Halton […]
‘Breaking Point’ campaign exposes the crisis in council finances after £16bn in cuts since 2010 – and warns more councils may follow Northamptonshire into bankruptcy. Leader of Halton Borough Council, Cllr Rob Polhill and the Halton Labour Group of Councillors have joined with Labour councillors from across the UK to call for a real end […]
Halton’s Labour Council is delighted that the Mersey Gateway has now opened, on time and to budget. That one of the smallest local authorities in the country was able to deliver this, the largest infrastructure project outside London, is an achievement to be proud of. The feedback from Halton residents has been overwhelmingly positive. It […]
There have been some press reports stating Halton Borough Council have been tight lipped over Mersey Gateway Crossings Board director and staff payments. In fact, our councillors were not given the opportunity to comment before the article was printed. To put the record straight the following is a statement: The Mersey Gateway Crossings Board is […]
During my time as MP for Halton I have always had a good relationship with our local Police. They have a difficult and demanding job which increasingly they have had to do with diminishing resources. They do a great job on our behalf but they are being severely stretched. I’m from Halton and live here, […]
I want to start by putting on record my thanks and appreciation to our NHS staff who do a wonderful job. When I became an MP in 1997 people were waiting 18 months and longer to have an operation with long waits to see a cancer specialist. When Labour left office in 2010 we had […]
The Tory/Lib Dem coalition government decision to accelerate the rise in the women’s state pension age has had a devastating impact on many women who were born in the 1950s. I support the equalisation of the state pension age, however, I believe it is vital that changes to the state pension age are carefully implemented […]
One Halton headteacher told me recently “School budgets are being pushed beyond breaking point”. This is the real legacy of a Tory government. Many schools here in Halton are struggling with their budgets, facing cuts and having to reduce their staff. Our teachers do a great job, working hard to give our children a good […]
Derek Twigg MP met with Department for Work & Pensions officials in London on Wednesday 26 April 2017 following a significant increase in constituents who have been suffering hardship because of problems with the introduction of Universal Credit in Halton. A large number of constituents have complained to Derek about being left with little or […]
Halton Labour’s Campaign to get our Metro Mayor candidate, Steve Rotheram elected on Thursday 4th May is going well. Thank you to everybody that has helped so far! Follow us on Social Media
