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Jack Straw visited Swindon on the 25th April to support the Labour candidates up for election to Swindon Borough Council.  Watch our video of the event to find out why voting Labour on May 3rd is essential for Swindon’s future…

Many people may miss the chance to vote because they don’t have a polling card, either having not received one in the post or having mislaid it but don’t miss your chance to shape Swindon’s future – you can turn up at your polling station in person and vote if you are on the electoral [...]

Candidates for Central ward are Junab ALI, Bob Writght and Julie WRIGHT

Coun Derique Montaut (Central) announced this week that he is standing down as leader of the Labour group on Swindon Borough Council because of the “unbelievable” pressure of work.  The electorate clearly recognize his strengths when, on Thursday, he received 1829 votes or almost 65% of the total votes cast in Central Ward.  This is a testiment to how [...]

Cllr Derique Montaut, Leader of the Labour Group until May 2011 and Councillor for Central Ward argues that Swindon needs a ‘critical agenda’ to get the best for our town.

On Thursday the 17th of February, the Swindon Labour Group opposed the Conservative administration’s budget and we did so for several reasons. First and foremost, we opposed the Conservatives budget because of the high risk strategy the Conservative Group have adopted in budgeting for the protection of the vulnerable. We have seen this with the [...]