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Julian Critchley

Julian Critchley is the Isle of Wight Labour Party’s prospective parliamentary candidate in the 2017 snap General Election.

He attracted a whopping 17,121 votes – nearly doubling the number of votes from the 2015 general election.

Below are some of the articles mentioned Julian.

16, January 2018·3 min read

IW NHS told to prepare option to cut all hospital services except A&E and Maternity

Isle of Wight Labour say that IW health bosses have been instructed to prepare an option to cut services at St Mary’s Hospital to no more than Accident & Emergency and maternity care, with all other provision being shipped to the mainland.

luisa hillard and julian critchley - candidate for whippingham and osborne

13, May 2019·1 min read

Labour announces candidate for Osborne and Whippingham seat on Isle of Wight council

The by-election has been prompted by the resignation of previous Labour councillor, Julia Baker-Smith.

12, March 2019·1 min read

Labour encourages members to campaign against closure of All Saints’ Primary

Julian Critchley from Island Labour says, "the Council should really have learned lessons from the previous attempt to close Sandown Bay Academy; communities know that schools are more than just bricks and mortar."

15, May 2017·1 min read

Labour set out their educational reform plans

Labour's candidate, Julian Critchley, says his party's education policy will be a blueprint for a world-leading education system for all.

23, April 2019·2 min read

Labour slam Isle of Wight council over PFI ‘savings’

The spokesperson for Island Labour says "Tories are calling cuts 'savings', as if that somehow reduces their impact".

5, August 2019·4 min read

Mixed views from Isle of Wight political parties on £48m NHS funding (updated)

Isle of Wight politicians share their responses to the news that Isle of Wight NHS Trust will receive a £48m cash boost for the acute services redesign.

george street centre - ryde - streetview

15, January 2020·2 min read

Motions of ‘no confidence’ against five councillors to be debated at public extraordinary meeting

Someone suggested ditching the TV soap opera on Friday night and heading to Ryde Town Council where the tensions between councillors will be played out in public

first vote of the ryde town council no confidence vote

20, January 2020·5 min read

Motions of ‘no confidence’ in Ryde councillors defeated to huge rounds of applause (video) (updated)

All three motions of 'no confidence' against five Ryde councillors were defeated, with the Mayor adding that he was not opposed to an internal audit or inspection of processes

15, November 2018·5 min read

MP Seely backs May’s Brexit deal: Other Isle of Wight parties respond (update 3)

Here's the Isle of Wight MP's full explanation as to why he's supporting Theresa May's Brexit deal, plus we've got the reaction of the leaders of other Isle of Wight political groups.

4, July 2019·2 min read

National funding bid hopes to revive Ryde’s historic character

It's hoped a successful bid will enable enhancement of the whole of the High Street, in particular drawing on aspects of heritage to bring back a sense of history, consider the use of the squares and how those can be improved, as well as looking at connectivity between different areas.

30, March 2020·1 min read

No business wants to endanger employees, but we should add workers to list of heroes, says Quigley

Labour's Richard Quigley says that rather than demonise firms such as GKN, Vestas and Vikoma for keeping their staff working, we should add the brave men and women going into work to the list of heroes and do everything we can to keep them safe

26, June 2019·4 min read

Opposition parties comment on Johnson and Hunt visit

The Isle of Wight is the first constituency in the UK to host a dedicated event for both the candidates in their quest to be the next Prime Minister. Opposition parties share their views on the visit.

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