The Swindon Labour Party launched their Local Election Campaign on Monday (2nd of April), with the Swindon Labour Group Leader, Jim Grant, leading the Campaign Launch. The Labour Party stood for delivering better value for money to Swindon’s Council-taxpayers. The launch of Swindon Labour Party’s Local Election Campaign was in front of the Town Centre [...]

Green Open Spaces are one of the most important features of local communities and are vital to ensuring a high quality of life for local people. In Swindon’s urban areas there are far fewer green open spaces than in rural areas and that is why Labour recognises that the green open spaces that residents use [...]

What this information reveals is that while the Wi-Fi project and the £400K council-taxpayers loan were agreed, along with the subsequent public scrutiny of the project, Rikki Hunt was being paid by Swindon Borough Council. This information came not from an admittance of this administration; but instead was forced from this administration through a direct [...]

In the Council Elections on May the 3rd, Swindon residents will have a big decision to make about who they want to run their local Council. The Conservatives, led by Councillor Bluh, have said that if they retain control of the Council they will provide the same approach to running the council as they have [...]

On the 23rd of February Swindon’s Councillors will be setting a budget for the forthcoming financial year. The Conservative administration has proposed a budget based on their priorities last week. There is some common ground on this budget. Recognising the tough times for many of Swindon’s families, Labour welcomes the use of government funding to [...]

Last week the Swindon Advertiser covered a public meeting where an estimated 150 Old Town residents attended an open meeting to discuss how to fight Swindon’s Conservative Councillors against their decision to propose a school on the Croft site and the granting of planning permission for the school to be sited at Croft. I  have [...]

The Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, has called for a halt to the Croft Development until local residents’ concerns about the process of the school being granted have been heard. The Labour Group Leader has also written to the Leader of the Council, Councillor Rod Bluh, requesting that he join him in meeting leaders [...]

The Swindon Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, promises to undertake a school place review should Labour take control of the Council in 2012. This is part of Labour’s aspiration to provide good local schools for all of Swindon’s children, and so improve on the current unsatisfactory system. At next year’s local elections in Swindon, [...]

Swindon’s Labour Party will be fighting next year’s local election campaign with a promise to “turn the lights back on in Swindon”, by reversing the Conservative administration’s decision in July to switch off more than 400 streetlights in Swindon.  The Swindon Labour Group Leader explains why the Labour Party have taken this decision. This week [...]

This Wednesday the Swindon Labour Party is holding a public meeting, starting at 7pm at the Haydon Wick Parish Council Offices. I would like to invite all North Swindon residents to attend this meeting and to share their views on the issues that matter to them. I have established this meeting along with other Labour Councillors, to [...]