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 [...]

Remember that Labour will: Support jobs with money raised from repeating the bank bonus tax – not hold back recovery with the VAT rise and cuts that will put almost one million workers out of their jobs. Protect police numbers – not cut them while wasting £100 million on new elected police commissioners. Protect your [...]

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million people march in London to protest about Government cuts, the Department for Children, Schools and Families have withdrawn a vital webservice for families looking for assistance and local childcare.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.

Cartwright Drive in Shaw has been a topic of the school gates for a number of years, whether your child goes to Brookfield or Shaw Ridge.  The parking for the parents of children attending Brookfield school has been a nightmare not least because of the fact that this road is on the route of a [...]

This week the Social Security Advisory Committee  criticised the Government’s plans to replace the Disability Living Allowance (DLA), which is paid to almost 3 million people to help cover extra costs arising from their disabillity.  They also opposed the move to withdraw DLA from people living in care homes – who receive it to help [...]

“East Wichel Primary School – a temporary a measure ?” When first I read of this in the Advertiser I  saw the benefit of providing a place to accommodate the suggested 60 pupils.  This is a much better option than sending them to other schools throughout Swindon.  As a teacher I would be the first to campaign for keeping a local group [...]

Despite the constant stories about the danger of increasing the unemployment bill, the coalition have continued with the greatest cuts since the 1920′s.  Ed Miliband, and most economists, have argued that without economic growth jobs will cannot come.  Yet the Coalition has continued to make thousands of public servants redundant.

As an ex-teacher I worry hugely about what’s happening to our education system.  Education Secretary Michael Gove is launching a review of the curriculum after previously raising concerns that key areas of knowledge are missing from the current curriculum and what he claims is an  ”overly-prescriptive” system.  The review will look at how the curriculum [...]

As the new Labour candidate for Shaw and Nine Elms I am delighted to have the opportunity to stand for the ward which my family and I have been a part of for the past ten years.

I  have lived and worked in Swindon all my life and have brought up my children here.  I also have family in Shaw and Nine Elms. I am retired so would have time to commit to being a councillor and if I am elected would fight to bring Labour values to this area. As a councillor, [...]