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Labour Party Call for Local Government Finance Reform

International Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 10, 8 February 1962 · p. 3 of the scan · 217 words

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At its last meeting the Lenton ward Labour Party passed unanimously, the following resolutions:

"That the Regional Council establish a working party to consider evidence from local parties and persons active in local governemnt as to how there can be a radical reform of local government financo. That such a working party should collect evidonce about the effects of high interest charges and inflated land values on local authorities, with a view to preparing a report for the use of the NEC on framing general election policies, and to assist local parties in local campaigns.’ STOP PRriiss ITuMs

(1) 60 Constituency Labour Parties and many A.3.U. branches have protested against the non-endorsement of Ernie Roberts, Assistant Goneral Secretary of the [email protected]. (2) The announcement of the resumption of tests by the West had an immediate responses 200 turned up at the House of Commons the same evening, and later there was a demon-— stration down Soho to the U.3. imbassy. A national lobby of newspapers is planned fir the llth (Sunday) (3) The C.P, candidate, John Peck, in the St. Albans by-election (Nottingham) lost votes despite a general swing to the left in which the Labour majority was doubled from 800 odd to 1,528. The liberals who won tho seat two years ago slumped to third place.

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