Rugby Labour Party members were out in force yesterday in Rugby town centre collecting signatures for their petition against the closure of Birch Ward at the Hospital of St Cross, which is happening this week – on 30 November 2011. They collected over 1,000 signatures from concerned members of the Rugby community in just three [...]

Labour members will be in Rugby’s streets from 10.00am – 1.00pm on Saturday 26 November asking people to sign a petition calling on University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to reverse its decision to close Birch Ward at the Hospital of St Cross and confirm the hospital’s long-term future. Rugby Labour Party calls on [...]

In a week when youth unemployment nationally has reached a record 1.016 million, it is  apt that Labour leader Ed Miliband and Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna recently visited Rugby to discuss Labour’s five-point Plan for Growth with students. Ed revealed that youth unemployment in Rugby has has doubled in the last nine months alone [...]

Having seen the responses of Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative) and Councillor Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrat) to the proposed closure of Birch Ward, Rugby Labour Party invites them to join us in a broad campaign against the cut. It is clear that they know their constituents will not be happy about it, but there are ways [...]

On Friday (11th November), Labour Leader Ed Miliband came to Rugby as part of the national and local campaign for the Five Point Plan for Jobs and Growth He was joined by local Councillor Ish Mistry and Chuka Umunna, the Shadow Business Secretary, at a Question and Answer session with students at the Power Academy, part of [...]

The following letter was sent to the Rugby Advertiser for the 3rd November edition. The original version included links to back up John and Paul’s points. Dear Sir, Cemex’s threat to leave Rugby because of the Government’s tax policy and soaring energy bills is a timely reminder that disastrous economic policies at the national level [...]

Labour councillors appalled by proposed ward closure at Rugby St Cross News that the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust are to close the Birch Ward at Rugby St Cross hospital from 30 November has angered Rugby Labour councillors. Birch Ward is a medical ward which currently takes Rugby GP admissions, repatriated Rugby patients [...]