Swindon needs a Council that will stand up for our town and drive us forward; that will deliver jobs and industry for the future, ensure that our young people receive the highest quality of education and that will protect and care for our most vulnerable citizens.

That is why I was proud to present Labour’s manifesto for the 2010 local elections. I firmly believe that the policies we laid out would have had the potential to transform our town and our Council and put us at the forefront of the new low-carbon economy.

Years of Conservative administration have left Swindon with only empty words and broken promises. When the Council should be stepping up and finding any way possible to support our citizens, all the  Conservatives have delivered is ideological cuts to vital services and community projects.

A benefits service branded as the worst in the country, failure to deliver regeneration in the town centre, continuing to fail to bring a university to Swindon…  This is the legacy of this Conservative administration.  And it a tragedy that electors will have to endure until May 2012.

Labour promised to run a Council that asked ‘what can we do’ to help our town and our people. We wanted to invest in our future to create jobs and help our children achieve their potential. We still believe in communities and want give you a real say in the decisions made in your name. We will in future commit to building new council houses and ensure that the most vulnerable are given care tailored to their individual needs.

Swindon deserves better than a Conservative administration running our town and our Council down.  Swindon deserves a Labour council with ideas and vision for the future.  Bring on 2012.

Cllr Derique Montaut, Leader of the Labour Group

Labour’s Priorities for Swindon

• Creating jobs for the future in the new green economy.
• Regenerating our town centre for the future.
• Building new council houses.
• Properly funding Council services that support the vulnerable

Tory Record of Cuts & Broken Promises

• Failed to regenerate our town centre.
• Benefits Service branded the worst in the country.
• Benefits Service branded the worst in the country
• Closing & threatening local libraries
• Cutting funding to Council services that support our vulnerable residents

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