What Can We do Locally to Tackle the Climate Crisis? 19 Aug 2021 The recent report by the United Nations climate panel of scientific advisers sounded a stark…
Mark Cherry is County Councillor for Banbury Ruscote! 11 Aug 2021 The High Court on Wednesday 11th August 2021 has declared that Mark Cherry was duly…
Conservative Councillors Reject JDE Support 20 Jul 2021 At a meeting of Cherwell District Full Council last night, a Labour motion in support…
Careful Planning Required in Bicester 28 Jun 2021 If the last 12 to 18 months has taught us anything – other than the…
We Cannot And Must Not Go Back To The Old Normal 17 Jun 2021 Summer is at last here. And we’ve all been enjoying a little extra freedom as…
Reflection on our Experience of the Pandemic as a Community – and What Should Happen Next! 11 Jun 2021 As life returns to something like ‘normal’, it’s timely to reflect on our experience of…
Statement Regarding Banbury Ruscote County Council Election 11 May 2021 Mark Cherry, the Labour Party candidate for the Banbury Ruscote Division of Oxfordshire County Council…
Vote for a Labour Councillor! 04 May 2021 Local Elections are upon us, and once again Banbury, Bicester and North Oxfordshire residents are…
Decade of Conservatives Moving Jobs from Oxfordshire to London 29 Mar 2021 Comparison of national statistics across the past decade reveals the staggering extent to which the…
International Women’s Day 2021 07 Mar 2021 International Women’s Day, or International Working Women’s Day as it was originally named, is on 8th March each year.…
Sir Tom: Hero Who Knew True Worth of NHS 15 Feb 2021 Dear Sir Tom, In a week when deaths from COVID19 in the UK broke the…
Why are the Conservatives hammering key workers’ and Cherwell residents’ pockets in the middle of a pandemic? 08 Feb 2021 Britain has sadly experienced more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. The worst in Europe and…
Can Public Transport survive the Pandemic? 13 Jan 2021 One of the positive outcomes it’s been suggested might come from this dreadful pandemic is…
In 2021, We Need Honest Truth About What’s Ahead 06 Jan 2021 2020 was a year like no other. There’s no point sidestepping how awful it has…
Health Oversight Committee Gave Up on Legal Challenge to Horton Maternity Unit Decision 14 Dec 2020 At the end of November, the Horton Health Oversight and Scrutiny Committee voted to dropping…
Reflections on a Second Lockdown 14 Nov 2020 As the second lockdown takes effect, I’ve wondered how Bicester will cope 8 months on…
Time for a Transformative Renewal of Our Parks 13 Nov 2020 Councillor Sean Woodcock, Labour member for Ruscote ward on Banbury Town Council, has submitted a…
Cherwell Labour Group writes to Environment Secretary about Badger Culls 12 Nov 2020 The Government announced plans in early September to extend the Badger Cull into new areas…
The Government Needs to Get Its Act Together 06 Nov 2020 You’ll be reading this as we enter a new period of lockdown. Please stay safe…
EHRC Report 29 Oct 2020 The Equalities and Human Rights Commission have published their report entitled ‘Investigation into antisemitism in…