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Wi-Fi – Adding Insult to Injury

Wi-Fi – Adding Insult to Injury

As if losing £400,000 of council tax payers money were not bad enough we will all be picking up a further £4,000 bill for preparing the long overdue Digital City accounts. After much prevarication we have also been told that Rikki Hunt received £80,000 for consultancy services to the council! Shaw Tory councillor Gary Perkins [...]

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South Swindon Constituency Ward Boundaries

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We Will Deliver A Transparent Council

We Will Deliver A Transparent Council

The parliamentary expenses scandal highlighted the need for transparency and accountability.  We all want government we can trust. This Councils Conservative administration have been found wanting with regards to pubic engagement in respect of schemes such as Wi-Fi and the Croft School Proposal. The Conservatives also voted down a Labour motion to have audio recordings [...]

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Mike Heal on Labour’s Priorities for Shaw

Mike Heal on Labour’s Priorities for Shaw

If elected as your councillors for the Shaw ward in Swindon, we will… Campaign to attract funds into the ward for youth and community facilities. Work with schools and the community to improve road safety outside our schools. Work to implement traffic measures to discourage large vehicles driving through residential areas. Organise and help with [...]

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Jack Straw visits Swindon to Support our Candidates

Jack Straw visited Swindon on the 25th April to support the Labour candidates up for election to Swindon Borough Council.  Watch our video of the event to find out why voting Labour on May 3rd is essential for Swindon’s future…

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You don’t need your polling card to vote on May 3rd

You don’t need your polling card to vote on May 3rd

Many people may miss the chance to vote because they don’t have a polling card, either having not received one in the post or having mislaid it but don’t miss your chance to shape Swindon’s future – you can turn up at your polling station in person and vote if you are on the electoral [...]

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Shaw

Shaw

Your Labour team in Shaw are John Firmin, Mike Heal and Andy Smart. You can contact your Shaw Labour team by telephone on 01793 230657 or via email on shaw@southswindonlabour.co.uk SCHOOL PARKING A PROBLEM IN SHAW SAYS MIKE HEAL Cartwright Drive in Shaw has been a topic of conversation at the school gates for a number [...]

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Potholes, how many more injuries are needed?

Potholes, how many more injuries are needed?

In last year’s campaign one of the major concerns was the number of potholes both in the roads and the paths here in Shaw. Many people on the door step have commented on this. It isn’t bad enough that this council paid lip service to pot holes but in places has laid tarmac over them [...]

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Mike Heal discovers the the Government is axing the Family Information Directory.

Mike Heal discovers the the Government is axing the Family Information Directory.

The day before 400,000 million people march in London to protest about Government cuts, the Department for Children, Schools and Families have withdrawn a vital webservice for families looking for assistance and local childcare.  Swindon Borough Council is supposed to have replaced this service – BUT IT HASNT.

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