Labour, Exeter City Council

Labour councillor quits party in transgender row
A councillor has quit the Labour Party in a row over its transgender policies. Zoe Hughes, Exeter City Council member, said the party's support of a ban on puberty blockers for under-18s questioning their gender identity was "a policy I refuse to stand by and accept".
Twenty Labour councillors quit party accusing Starmer of abandoning values
Twenty Labour councillors have quit the party in protest at its direction under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the prime minister of having "abandoned traditional Labour values".
Labour councillor quits over party’s support for ban on puberty blockers
A Labour councillor has quit the party over its support for banning puberty blockers. Zoe Hughes, from Exeter city council, claimed that the party’s commitment to an indefinite ban on the drugs for under-18s harms the transgender community.
Branding row for councillors who quit Labour
On Thursday, 20 members of Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, confirmed they had left Labour to form Broxtowe Independents. Richard MacRae, leader of the Broxtowe Independent Group, said the new party's name was "not only misleading but undermines the integrity and clarity of political representation in our area".
Labour lose control of council as 20 councillors quit with attack on Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has lost control of Broxtowe Borough Council, just months before the local elections - after 20 councillors quit Labour with a fierce attack on the prime minister.
Twenty Labour councillors quit after Starmer ‘abandons party values’
Group on Nottinghamshire authority accuse Government of ‘destroying local democracy and dictating national policy’
Twenty councillors quit Labour in Starmer protest
A local Labour spokesperson said the decision by some councillors to sit as independent 18 months after they were elected was "incredibly disappointing". The councillors said they
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