Following a meeting between the Ward councillors and officers of the Borough, Cllr Joe Tray (St Philip) is pleased to announce a solution for the long running issue of the “Queensfield rat run” that has been an problem for several years.. For an experimental 6 month period there will be no left turn into Qeensfield [...]

Ellen Osa (Walcot) and Joe Tray (St Philips) captured seats on Thursday for the Labour Party, and many Labour Candidates came close to unseating their Tory or LibDem opponents. Success was also celebrated by Jenny Millin (Mordeon) and Steve Wakefield (Toothill & Westlea) who retained seats which were won by the Conservatives in 2007. Labour [...]

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 [...]

In 2009 Swindon became the first city to be twinned with Disney world.  Last month it was confirmed that Swindon Borough Council has accumulated £63 million in debt in just 2 years, while at the same time shelling out needlessly on ‘Micky Mouse Projects’. Swindon has had to cope with a cut of £12 million (19%) [...]

Joe Tray, who retook St Philip for Labour in May 2011, stresses the need to EMPOWER COMMUNITIES and build new ones.

Last week I met with Caroline Flint – the Labour Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government.  I had a lot to complain about with the 8.9% cut this year in Council services, but also took the opportunity to tell her about the attacks which the Tory-led Government are making on the front-line Fireservice. I [...]

On Wednesday of this week we heard of the 0.5% decline in UK economic activity during the 4th quarter.  But on Friday we heard that the US economy had grown by 3.2% over the same period  - with record exports and the strongest consumer spending in 4 years!  Why the difference with the UK?  Its [...]

FACTS ON VAT: As Nick Clegg warned before the election the VAT changes are a bombshell for all of us.  Costs on average per year will be: £125 for a single pensioner £275 for a pensioner couple £225 for a one parent family £450 for a couple with children Add that to the Chartered Institute [...]

Joe Tray has been selected again to stand for Labour in St Philips (Upper Stratton) in the Borough elections of May 2011. I’m delighted to have been selected again as Labour Candidate in St Philips, the ward where I have lived most of my life.  Government funds to Swindon are being cut by 19% over [...]

Teresa Page (Chair of the Upper Stratton Labour Party) and Joe Tray (Vice Chair) have distributed a leaflet asking for support in starting a year-long campaign to get Labour re-elected to the Borough Council to represent at least one of the seats in Stratton.  They feel that with 6 Tory Councillors in Stratton, 2 Tory [...]