The last year, so hard for so many, has changed us all. It’s changed Portsmouth. By staying apart, we have come together like never before.
So many of you have told me we can’t come through the collective trauma of Covid-19 and go back to the same arguments and the old ways of doing things.
Tories and Lib Dems continue to fight each other, while our NHS loses out on funding. Our children miss out on a world-class education, and our city watches on as jobs go and our community is neglected by Government.
We’ve got to create a better future for the country we love, and we need to do that now.
As I continue to represent you and our city in Parliament, I am determined to ensure Portsmouth recovers from the pandemic faster and fairer. I will work day and night to bring that change, so we can build the city we all need.
But the work of Labour councillors is vital to delivering local services we all rely on and standing up for the causes you care about. By working electing a bigger Labour team on the city council today we can achieve so much more.
Working together, you local Labour councillors have been pushing to tackle the climate emergency that the Labour Group pushed for the city to declare. Labour councillors have strongly argued to stop AQUIND and the untold disruption it would cause to our city, and are calling for a proper green recovery for Portsmouth through local initiatives like ‘Living Streets’.
In the last few weeks you will have heard from your local Labour team, and your candidate for the important elections to the city council today.
Instead of focusing on the divisions and disagreements of the past, Portsmouth Labour is making the case for a Covid recovery council, with a restart plan for every community, in every corner of our city, at its heart. Never again should we see services stripped back to their bones and communities suffering as a result.
It’s really important you vote for your local Labour candidate, so that they can deliver a catch up plan for our children, because we won’t let a generation of young people go forgotten. And we will set out our vision for jobs for now and for the future, supporting good local businesses to create good jobs.
The task ahead is tough, but together with a bigger Labour team on the city council there is nothing we cannot achieve.
We can, and we will, build a better future for Portsmouth. Please help us all to achieve that by voting for your Labour candidate today.
Stay safe and well.
Stephen Morgan MP
PS to find out about your local candidate visit www.portsmouthlabourparty.org.uk/labour-team/
