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 [...]

Chris Watts, who almost took Eastcott for Labour in May 2011 believes that the ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS can be turned to Swindon’s economic advantage.

I’m delighted to have been selected as Labour Candidate for Eastcott in the Borough elections on May 5th 2011.  I have lived in Eastcott Ward for 14 years and all my three children are schooled locally. I have lived in Swindon for 42 years, and was educated in the state system. Swindon has ensured that I have been able to [...]

I was Labour’s candidate in the May 2010 elections for Eastcott.  During the the election I heard the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg  and local LibDems attack secret Tory secret plans to increase VAT.    Even more recently Simon Hughes (LibDem MP) said “I hope we don’t have a VAT increase because it is the most regressive form of [...]

I graduated from university in November 2009 and I have been actively involved in local politics for about 2 years. I had the honour of being selected the Labour candidate for Councillor for Eastcott Ward. I was born and raised in Eastcott and have lived here my entire life for 25 years. I lived on [...]