Swindon’s economy is at a crossroads. The financial crisis that has caused chaos across the globe has had a very real and very deep effect locally. It is vital that we invest now to secure our future and ensure jobs and prosperity for future generations.
The Conservatives believe in ‘letting the recession run its course’. They will never take the action and make the investments that are required to transform Swindon and deliver the jobs of the future. They have failed to plan for Swindon’s future, failed to regenerate our town centre and failed to deliver a university to fuel our growth.
It was a Labour Council that delivered the industries in our town today and it is only a Labour Council today that will invest to attract the new industries of the green economy.
A future Labour Council will work to attract innovative new industries to our town, providing jobs for generations to come. We will create ‘Green Industrial Development Board’ to proactively attract businesses to Swindon and an ‘Eco Park’ to incubate and support new green industry.
New industries will require new skills. A Labour Council will invest in our young people and forge innovative vocational training opportunities. We will deliver a university to Swindon to allow our young people to fulfil their potential and fuel our economic growth.
Moreover, we will deliver the regeneration that our town so badly needs and deserves. We will abandon the expensive and unworkable Tory canal and bring forward plans to make our town centre a place to be proud of.
A future Labour Council would:
- Work to put Swindon at the heart of the new Green economy
- Deliver a university to the town centre to drive our economic growth
- Regenerate our Town
- Centre to attract business, jobs and tourism
Tory Cuts & Broken Promises
- Failed to deliver any large scale Town Centre redevelopment
- Failed to plan and work for Swindon’s economic future
- Failed to deliver a university for Swindon
