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Voter ID

To be able to vote at a polling station you now need to show photographic identification before being issued a ballot paper. This will come into effect for the Thursday 4 May 2023 elections. It doesn’t matter if the ID has expired as long as it still looks like you.…

Soaring waiting lists for patients in Basingstoke

Waiting lists soaring in Basingstoke, up 96% in a decade – new analysis Across the UK more people are stuck on the NHS waiting lists than ever – over 6.6 million. Today, new analysis from Basingstoke Labour, based on this month’s NHS waiting lists data, reveals there are now 96%…

Wages Collapse in Basingstoke

Real wages collapsing in Basingstoke down £1,340.51 in just one year – new analysis New…

Operose Panorama Exposee

A Panorama exposee tonight is looking at what happens in US owned Operose GP practices. Lack of staff, not enough GPs, backlogs in dealing with patient paperwork, and difficulties in making appointments and getting through on the phone are commonplace. Cllr Kim Taylor who had provided BBC researchers information about…

Wages set to fall under the Conservatives

Workers in Basingstoke are set to see wages fall by £1268.05 by 2023 New figures published today by Basingstoke Labour Party reveal the staggering hit to wages facing local people by 2023. Analysis shows the average earner in Basingstoke & Deane will see their real earnings fall by £1268.05 by…

Cost of Living in Basingstoke

Labour would help with energy bills funded by a tax on bumper profits of oil and gas companies and ditch the tax hike. But Rishi Sunak has refused to help. The Conservatives have turned their back on families in Basingstoke at the worst possible time. The Chancellor has left households…

Councillors hold Operose to account

by Cllr Kim Taylor Councillors seek improvements from medical giant Operose Today (10th March) I chaired a meeting of local ward councillors, Directors of Operose, representatives for the CCG and the Patient Participatory Groups for Beggarwood, Camrose, Gillies and Hackwood. The main focus was residents concerns over systems performances at…

Basingstoke Labour stands with Ukraine

Basingstoke Labour stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine against Putin’s aggression Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine at this terrible time. The pain and trauma of war and the damage it does to communities is truly terrible. Our hearts go out to all those families separated…

Hampshire County Council Funding Black Hole

Tory Councillors refuse to lobby Government to fix funding gap. On Thursday 17th February Conservative councillors voted against a motion to formally lobby Government for a fair funding deal for Hampshire County Council despite forecasting a £157million budget gap over the next four years. Leader of the Labour opposition group,…

Home School Transport Cuts

Home School Transport – disruption ahead Hampshire are looking to cut £2.5 million from this budget. Their reasoning is that despite spending less than the national average there are other councils who spend even les. A real race to the bottom! The proposals include Instead of being picked up from…

Oppose Homeless funding Cuts

Hampshire County Council to slash funding by 15% The cuts to homelessness funds could easily affect up to 750 people by the council’s own reckoning. That’s a lot of people slipping through the net and potentially becoming homeless. The intention is to cut 15% off the annual budget for Homelessness…

Public Health Cuts

Until the pandemic most of us barely gave a thought to public health, but Covid has shown us that health is one of the basic necessities of life. Public health spending is an essential preventative measure, providing savings for the NHS, the government, and HCC not just now but far…

Hampshire Cuts

Hampshire County Council (HCC) have an open consultation for Hampshire resident on their budget plans for 2021/22 and 22/23. These involve making cuts of £40million each year. This comes on top of many years of cuts. The cumulative effects of these cuts is that by 2023 HCC will be spending…

Cladding Fire Safety

“Four years after the terrible Grenfell tower tragedy which cost 72 lives, we still have many buildings with flammable cladding. Over 1,000 flats in Basingstoke are potentially affected, including Crown Heights, where a 2020 survey found the external cladding was in fact flammable, contrary to earlier reports. They also found…

GPs under threat from US takeovers

US health insurance giant, Centene, through its UK subsidiary, Operose Health, has been taking over GP surgeries and practices in London and across the country for many years. This includes the recent take over of the Basingstoke Camrose, Gillies and Hackwood Surgery. Centene has recently taken over AT Medics, a primary care…

Basingstoke in Tier 4 Covid Restrictions

Basingstoke enters Tier 4 on Boxing Day The key restrictions for Tier 4 (Stay at Home) require: Residents to stay at home, apart from limited exemptions set out in law Non-essential retail, indoor gyms and leisure facilities, and personal care services to close People to work from home if they…

Basingstoke Covid Vaccine Centre

The Hampshire Court Hotel, currently closed to guests will be taken over to help administer the vaccine. They expect to vaccinate a thousand people over two days and then open again in three weeks to give the second dose. Local volunteers from the Rotary are helping with car parking and…

GP Town Hall Meeting

ZOOM Town Hall Meeting 7th November at 11am Join us for our online Town Hall meeting open to residents of the South Ham, Brookvale and Kings Furlong and Brighton Hill wards who are patients of the Camrose Gillies and Hackwood GP Practice. Your local councillors want to hear your views…

Walk in Covid test Centre opens in Basingstoke

Basingstoke’s The Anvil, currently closed with no performances scheduled until 2021, has been transformed into a new coronavirus testing facility. The government say that it comes as part of its drive to improve accessibility to tests for communities. Although its called a walk in centre that doesn’t mean you can…

GP surgery and US giant “partnership”

Today your local Labour Councillors received a copy of a letter out of the blue to say that the Camrose, Gillies and Hackwood Surgery (CGH) will enter into a “partnership” with Operose Health effect from Friday 6 November 2020. We believe this is not so much a “partnership” but a…

How to vote at a polling station

Make sure you have your Voter ID when entering the polling station Voting at the polling station in person Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm on polling day. They can get very busy, particularly towards the end of the day. You might see people waiting outside the polling…

Postal Voting

Busy life? Register to vote by post If you didn’t make it to the polling station this time, why not register to vote by post or by proxy now, ready for next time? It’s the easy way not to miss your chance to vote. You also don’t need a voter…

Registering to Vote in Basingstoke

Register to Vote in Basingstoke Before you can vote in UK elections or referendums, you need to register to vote. To register to vote, you must be a UK or Irish citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen living in the UK, or a qualifying foreign citizen in Wales or Scotland. In…

No right turn into Old Kempshott Lane?

We’ve notified residents in Old Kempshott Lane, the roads off it, and in Highfields of…

Planning applications – how to view or comment

We make residents aware of planning applications in their area. This gives people a chance to make their views known on building in their area before it goes before a special planning committee for a decision. Basingstoke & Deane’s ‘Development Control’ committee is made up of borough councillors, supported by…