28 January 2012
Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, talked to Swindon Labour Party members in Broadgreen last night following an afternoon meeting with representatives of business and local Councillors. Rachel emphasised how important Swindon was for the economy – and how much she was looking forward to Labour retaking the Council in May 2012, and the [...]
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27 January 2012
The Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, has called for a halt to the Croft Development until local residents’ concerns about the process of the school being granted have been heard. The Labour Group Leader has also written to the Leader of the Council, Councillor Rod Bluh, requesting that he join him in meeting leaders [...]
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21 January 2012
Anyone who has looked at the budget proposals by the current “caring” council can’t fail to notice that it hits the education, and I would suggest the welfare, of the most vulnerable children in Swindon. Eight out of the twenty proposals listed on the budget proposal web page of Swindon Borough Council are educationally based [...]
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20 January 2012
Mass unemployment destroys the social morale of communities and forcing young people who have completed their training for work to remain idle is Tory politics of the vilest nature. It leads to disillusionment and rings true of Thatcher’s “laissez faire” leave it to the market approach. In Swindon young people need know that Tory policies [...]
Posted in National, Swindon, Toothill0 Comments
06 January 2012
On Tuesday 3rd January 2012 sometime after 09.00 I received the following information about the housing ballot result: 72.3 per cent voted against 27.7 per cent in favour. The turnout was 65.6 per cent, which compares well with votes in other similar-sized authorities. The information contained within those 3 short lines, hides a long and [...]
Posted in Swindon, Toothill0 Comments
06 January 2012
The latest unemployment figures show that both in Swindon and nationally, the Tories economic strategy is hurting but not working. Unemployment has soared to 2.64 million, the highest levels since 1994. And youth unemployment is at its highest level since records began. The Tories are presiding over the economic decline of Swindon. Under the Tories [...]
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04 January 2012
Swindon Borough Council has been accused by Swindon’s Labour Group Leader of letting down the town’s young children after proposing more than £150,000 worth of cuts to Swindon’s children’s centres. These cuts were part of the administration’s budget proposals back in November and will be on top of the £50K cut from Swindon’s Sure Start [...]
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10 December 2011
Ed Miliband said yesterday “David Cameron should be building alliances. The UK went into the summit without them and the outcome showed we lacked influence.“ Douglas Alexander added: “David Cameron’s isolation is a sign of weakness not of strength. Britain this morning is more isolated than at any point in the 35 years of British membership [...]
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09 December 2011
The Swindon Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, promises to undertake a school place review should Labour take control of the Council in 2012. This is part of Labour’s aspiration to provide good local schools for all of Swindon’s children, and so improve on the current unsatisfactory system. At next year’s local elections in Swindon, [...]
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08 December 2011
Swindon’s Labour Party will be fighting next year’s local election campaign with a promise to “turn the lights back on in Swindon”, by reversing the Conservative administration’s decision in July to switch off more than 400 streetlights in Swindon. The Swindon Labour Group Leader explains why the Labour Party have taken this decision. This week [...]
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Added on 17 October 2011
Rachel Reeves Visits Swindon
Labour Leader calls for a halt to Croft School
A budget that attacks the very core of a caring society.
Osborne’s plan A is still not working for young people as unemployment rises.
Housing Ballot – Swindon Tenants Reject Tory and Libdem Councillors’ Position
Time for a new Economic Plan to get Swindon working
Tory Sure-Start cuts are selling our young short
Tory veto protects their friends the bankers, spivs and gamblers
Labour Leader calls for School Places Review
Labour Leader promises to reverse Tories streetlight switch off.
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