Politics

When I was selected as a candidate to stand for Bassetlaw by the Labour Party there were 83 applicants, at least three of whom also eventually became MPs elsewhere, writes John Mann MP.

Here in the European Parliament, I’m busy making sure your voice is heard, writes Rory Palmer MEP.

Bassetlaw Labour Party figures fear the constituency’s next Parliamentary candidate is to be chosen in London after a leading local hopeful failed to make the shortlist.

Bassetlaw District Council has refuted suggestions that it is failing to provide effective support for homeless people, after official figures estimated that four homeless people have died in the district over the past six years.

As Britain stumbles towards Brexit, the biggest opportunity that will emerge is hardly ever mentioned – the environment, writes John Mann MP.

Recent figures from the National Education Union and School Cuts coalition show that four in five of England’s schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, writes Sir Kevin Barron MP.

As we age, it doesn’t mean we have to stop doing the things we love.

The charity Action for Children recently published the report, Choose Childhood: Building a brighter future for our children, which found that two thirds of parents and grandparents said childhoods are worse now than for previous generations, writes Sir Kevin Barron MP.

While this week brings more twists and turns in the soap opera – or slapstick farce - that is Brexit, here in Bassetlaw at least, we are cracking on and getting things done, writes Coun Simon Greaves.

Much more needs to be done to raise awareness and improve understanding of autism, writes Sir Kevin Barron.

The chairman of the children and young people’s committee at Nottinghamshire County Council has said top figures in the council “knew something was wrong” over allegations of child sexual abuse – but still failed to properly investigate.

Private social care agencies are making “huge amounts of money” from charging for temporary social workers and foster carers in Nottinghamshire it is claimed..

I share people’s concerns following the BBC’s announcement that TV licences will be means-tested, from June 2020, by linking them to Pension Credit, writes Sir Kevin Barron MP.

Bassetlaw MP John Mann, who announced he would be standing down at the next election, is to become a peer following the announcement of former Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation honours list.

The leader of Bassetlaw District has announced he is planning to seek selection as the Labour candidate for Bassetlaw.