LABOUR will contest 31 wards in May’s Isle of Wight Council election — the most for 20 years.
There are 40 seats on the Isle of Wight Council and IW Labour Party secretary Ed Gouge said: "The Tory-UKIP coalition that currently runs the council must be removed.
"They are already putting up the council tax while cutting back on economic development projects and on support to working families on low incomes and those with disabilities.
"With a large membership, we will be talking to voters across the Island and putting out literature to put the Labour case in a range of areas such as keeping services at St Mary's Hospital, bringing down bus and ferry fares and involving Islanders in a new environmental strategy."
For more on this story and further information on Labour's manifesto pledges — including building more affordable homes, investing in regeneration schemes and the need for a fixed link debate — please see the Isle of Wight County Press, March 10.
"They are already putting up the council tax while cutting back on economic development projects and on support to working families on low incomes and those with disabilities.
"With a large membership, we will be talking to voters across the Island and putting out literature to put the Labour case in a range of areas such as keeping services at St Mary's Hospital, bringing down bus and ferry fares and involving Islanders in a new environmental strategy."
For more on this story and further information on Labour's manifesto pledges — including building more affordable homes, investing in regeneration schemes and the need for a fixed link debate — please see the Isle of Wight County Press, March 10.
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