On Thursday 5th May the
people of Renfrewshire went to the polls, Labour saw a modest
increase in its numbers giving the Renfrewshire Council Labour
group a total of 15 Councillors.
Our candidates and
supporters are deeply grateful to every voter who entrusted
their vote to their local Labour candidates and we will
endeavour to repay that trust by serving as a robust opposition
to the Council administration, demanding better quality services
and a better management of council resources. Our team of
Councillor's will build on this result and demonstrate the
benefit of Labour voices in the Council and rebuild trust with
the voters so that they continue to be confident in entrusting
Labour candidates with their votes in future elections.
Details of our Labour
Council team can be found here.
Of
all the things Labour can be proud of achieving in government,
the one that towers above the rest is our National Health
Service. Nearly 70 years ago, a Labour government set up the
NHS based on patient need, not the ability the pay. It is
doubtless that anyone here in Renfrewshire has not called on the
NHS when they or someone they care for needed medical help.
But now, after a decade of an SNP Government
at Holyrood, our health service is in distress.
As a result of the SNP’s mismanagement NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde are proposing to close the paediatric
ward at the RAH and move children's in patient care to either
Yorkhill or the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen
Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The Kids Need Our Ward (KNOW) campaign,
spearheaded by local people who are deeply alarmed by these
proposals has been supported from the outset by the local Labour
Party and we have joined the groups members at events aimed at
highlighting to the wider population of Renfrewshire the threat
facing our Children's Ward.
This month, local Labour MSP Neil Bibby,
members of Renfrewshire Council's Labour Group, along with our
general election candidates, Alison Taylor and Alison Dowling
joined with concerned parents and local residents at a protest
event attended by Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale MSP and
Labour's Shadow Health Minister Anas Sarwar MSP.
Neil Bibby MSP, our local Councillors and
general election candidates were also on hand to support members
of the KNOW campaign when the SNP Health Minister Shona Robison
paid a fleeting visit to Paisley to attend an invitation only
meeting arranged by SNP MP Mhairi Black which shut out many of
the key members of the KNOW campaign from having their voices
heard.
Labour fully support keeping our Children's
Ward open and we will fight every day to protect our NHS: it is
in our DNA.
Last year, the SNP Scottish Government announced
plans to seek a second referendum on the issue of Scottish
independence less than three years after the people of Scotland gave
a firm No to such a proposal.
We do not believe it is in the interests of
Scotland to pursue a further divisive referendum or seek separation
from the rest of the UK, our biggest trading partners. To do so
would compound the economic uncertainties which Brexit will create
for Scottish families and Scottish businesses and which would still
leave Scotland outside the E.U. in a much weakened position if
applying for E.U. membership.
In pushing for a second independence referendum
the SNP have exposed their desire for separation at any cost.
Scottish Labour this week have published a report detailing a decade
of division which has been caused by the SNPs focus on separation
and the damaging impact that this has had on Scotland’s public
services.
The Nationalists have been in power in Scotland
for ten years and in that time:
The
gap between the richest and rest in our schools has grown.
Seven
out of eight key health targets are not being met.
Our
police service faces a funding shortfall of almost £200million.
Rail
passengers have faced cancellations, delays and overcrowding on
a daily basis.
Labour in Renfrewshire and Labour in Scotland
believes that together we're stronger. If you agree then join the
fight against a divisive second independence referendum and sign our
pledge at www.togetherstronger.scot
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Of
all the things Labour can be proud of achieving in government,
the one that towers above the rest is our National Health
Service. Nearly 70 years ago, a Labour government set up the
NHS based on patient need, not the ability the pay. It is
doubtless that anyone here in Renfrewshire has not called on the
NHS when they or someone they care for needed medical help.