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 [...]

Remember that Labour will: Support jobs with money raised from repeating the bank bonus tax – not hold back recovery with the VAT rise and cuts that will put almost one million workers out of their jobs. Protect police numbers – not cut them while wasting £100 million on new elected police commissioners. Protect your [...]

Ken Clarke was reputed to have slept through the Budget announcement.  There were at least three key areas which should have woken him up.  The first (relaxation of planning controls)  was in the speech, the second (reduction in winter fuel benefits) and third (reduction in living standards) were disguised.

If any proof was needed that the power of organised protest still counts in this supposedly apathetic age, it the great news that the unwelcome, proposed sell off of 40,000 acres of state owned forest has been abandoned.

Does having a green tree logo mean the Tories have the right to sell-off all our nationally owned trees? Can they justify selling off  650,000 acres of our forests in England (the plans dont apply to Scotland)  to raise £2bn, when preserving these forests costs just 30p per taxpayer per year, and gives pleasure and recreation [...]

I am really pleased to be selected for the Dorcan Ward in the May Elections.  I have lived in Swindon for over twenty four years and during that time I have worked in British Telecom, Rover and First Great Western among others.

Sarah Bush performed exceptionally well in the local elections on Friday – recording 1398 votes – only 460 votes short of the leader of the Conservative Group Rod Bluh. This represents an increase in the Labour share of the vote of 12.3% – a tremendous achievement. Congratulations to Sarah and all her supporters and electors. [...]