It’s a year since I was elected as Labour District Councillor for Newington. Since then I have stuck to my election pledges of being hard working, being available to residents in my ward and being transparent in all that I do as an elected representative. I was the only candidate to stand for election that […]
Category: General
Back down TDC. Let Dane Valley businesses survive.
PRESS RELEASE GMB call again on Thanet District Council to back down on proposed sale of Dane Valley Enterprise Units to save 22 local businesses. These units produce an income for Thanet Council and they provide jobs and an income for the men and their families says GMB GMB call again on Thanet council to […]
National Health Shambles. Enough is enough!
It’s clear that our NHS is in crisis. A crisis of funding. A crisis of leadership. There are currently 18,000 people on trolleys waiting for emergency care. Four in ten A and E departments are operating at dangerous levels. Delayed discharges have reached a record high of 200,000. As a country we are spending 30% less […]
Power of Women hits Ramsgate this March
Wednesday 8th March, at The Royal Temple Yacht Club at 3-4pm I have enjoyed a long career promoting equality in community and public settings. I am passionate to see more women enter public life, to have their say and make their mark. During this one hour session in Ramsgate’s prestigious yacht club, I will be looking at women’s […]
Shocking crisis of neglect at Ramsgate school
PRESS RELEASE GMB call on Kent County Council to replace 2010 installed temporary classrooms in Thanet school, not extent use for 5 more years. These buildings are dilapidated and not fit for purpose, often too hot or too cold and not a good environment conducive to learning says GMB. GMB, the union for school support […]
Karen Constantine: District Councillor’s Report, Nov-Dec 2016
It’s been yet another busy period of time. Yet more housing issues to deal with. They can best be summed up as people facing very difficult and complex pressures. There will be no let up in the New Year. Crisis is the name of the game. We really need to see some house building in […]
Sexual assaults and rape on our streets – meeting Craig Mackinlay
A recent rape and sexual assaults in Ramsgate have been shocking, upsetting and of deep concern. It goes without saying how important safety and feeling safe is for us all. I made arrangements to meet with Craig Mackinlay MP as I wanted an opportunity to look at what could be done to make sure Ramsgate […]
Labour slam UKIP on Thanet family poverty
We were alarmed to see Thanet District Council (TDC) pass the motion to implement the reduction in the council tax support scheme at the full council meeting on 1st December. We believe this will be a disaster for the poorest families and children in Thanet, many of whom live in the poorest wards in the South […]
Save the Dane Valley workshops. Save livelihoods.
PRESS RELEASE GMB call on Thanet Council to abandon sale of small business workshops and come forward with plan to save jobs. The priority must not be for asset disposal but for jobs. Thanet’s economy needs to be thoroughly regenerated to bring to the area new well paid jobs that are part of the economy […]
GMB call for more robust tax regime to reduce vacant properties in Kent
Many, many more of these purposefully unoccupied dwellings must be utilised more thoroughly and for that to happen there needs to be a punitive tax regime put in place says GMB Southern There are 18,380 vacant properties in Kent, over a quarter of which, 5,375, have been vacant for more than 6 months. In England […]