Like a new generation today, I grew up under a Tory administration and saw the carnage wrought upon British business by neo-liberal economic dogma. The experience radicalised me but also encouraged me to trust to hard work and to make the most of State education as the means whereby a working-class kid could aspire to [...]

Swindon Labour is deeply worried about the impact of the Health and Social Care Bill.  It will be will be voted on next Tuesday, and there is still time to email your local Swindon Conservative MPs, Justin Tomlinson and Robert Buckland urging them to vote against this profoundly damaging and divisive legislation. Photo Courtesy of [...]

Earlier this month the Kings Fund published a report (available here) on Social Enterprises in the state-funded health and Social Care sector. The Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, believes the recommendations from the report need to be taken seriously by Swindon Borough Council. The report published by the Kings Fund on Social Enterprises in [...]

At a time when property prices are depressed, and there is a surfeit of empty land and commercial properties in Swindon. Eric Pickles Tory Minister and boss of local councils, has prodded Swindon Tories with his unwelcome advice to sell off the the Assets owned by the people of Swindon all bought and paid for [...]

Today probably sealed the fate of London – sooner or later its going to be flooded! The Conservative Group of MEPs voted against a proposal today to increase the European emission reduction target to 30%. So much for Cameron pledging to make the Conservatives the greenest party ever!? By the narrowest of margins the European [...]

Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt has said he’ll allow Murdoch to own all of BSkyB. We have just three days to flood the government’s public consultation with requests to stop the deal. In the last consultation Hunt said 40,000 messages received from the public delayed the deal [...]

Baroness Royall, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords talked to Swindon Labour Party members this Sunday at a garden party in Rodbourne.  She congratulated Swindon members for winning 4 seats at the May elections and welcomed the possibility that Swindon would have a Labour Council in 2012. One year in from the first budget [...]

John Healey (Shadow health spokesman) talked to Swindon Labour Party members on 2nd June and took apart the Coalition plans to ‘reform’ the NHS.  Make no mistake, he said,  this is “the biggest upheaval in the health service  since its inception.  Is not really about giving powers to GPs and increasing efficiency – its about privatizing the [...]

The Conservative Party does not necessarily dislike public services. Its current policy in England – and in those parts of the United Kingdom where the responsiblity for particular public services is not devolved – is to ensure that as far as possible those delivering public services are not on the public payroll.  The supine sidekicks of [...]

On April Fool’s Day, UNISON members across the UK are telling their MPs: “Don’t be a fool – support the NHS”. As part of the TUC’s ‘All Together for the NHS’ campaign, UNISON wants activists, members and all supporters of the NHS to tell their local MP how concerned they are about government’s plans for [...]