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Labour Wins 24 Seats on Swindon Council & 5% more votes than theTories

Labour Wins 24 Seats on Swindon Council & 5% more votes than theTories

Congratulations to 8 new Labour Councillors and a huge thanks to our supporters and campaigners.  Special mention goes to Julian Price (Covingham & Dorcan), Cindy Matthews (Lydiard & Freshbrook)  & Nadine Watts (Old Town) for election in wards where Labour had not previously been represented, and where they have two Tory colleagues.  Commiserations to other [...]

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South Swindon Constituency Ward Boundaries

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Posted in Central, Covingham and Dorcan, Eastcott, Liden, Eldene and Park South, Lydiard and Freshbrook, Mannington and Western, Old Town, Ridgeway, Shaw, Swindon, Walcot and Park North, Wroughton and Wichelstowe0 Comments

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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Posted in Central, Chiseldon and Lawn, Eastcott, Liden, Eldene and Park South, Lydiard and Freshbrook, Mannington and Western, Ridgeway, Shaw, Swindon, Walcot and Park North, Wroughton and Wichelstowe0 Comments

Housing Self Financing Goes Live.

Housing Self Financing Goes Live.

An example of Tory dogma that cost Swindon council tax payers a whopping £300,000 was their preferred position to rid the council of its housing stock. Tenants demonstrated their disbelief of this preferred position and a resounding defeat in the housing ballot  by tenants put paid to it once and for all. Labour campaigned against this unnecessary ballot from [...]

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Open Spaces Under Threat in Lydiard & Freshbrook

Open Spaces Under Threat in Lydiard & Freshbrook

Cindy, Ged and Jamal are concerned about the Conservatives building on Swindon’s green spaces. As well as the controversial developments at Croft School in Old Town and the Tories support for building on the former allotment site at Pickard’s Field in Gorse Hill, they are building locally on the Windmill Hill site and land along [...]

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Posted in Lydiard and Freshbrook, Swindon0 Comments

Double Standards of Swindon Conservatives

Double Standards of Swindon Conservatives

It’s interesting that the leader of Swindon’s Tory Council, Cllr Rod Bluh, should have had a letter published in the Swindon Advertiser on 30/03/2012 (and a quite detailed letter at that). It must have taken him a while to write, and yet at around the same time, he publicly berated the Labour Party in Swindon [...]

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Manifesto Preview: The Reason Why Residents Should Vote Labour on May 3rd

Manifesto Preview: The Reason Why Residents Should Vote Labour on May 3rd

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 [...]

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The Tories’ economic strategy is hurting but not working

The Tories’ economic strategy is hurting but not working

The Tories budget last week said and delivered nothing for those people that want hope for a better future for this town.  There were no actions to tackle youth unemployment, no strategy for growth, and no measures to create the new jobs and businesses this town needs. Just as businesses in Swindon have declared – [...]

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Tackling youth unemployment is a challenge we must face together

Tackling youth unemployment is a challenge we must face together

Youth unemployment is now one of the greatest challenges facing the country. Youth unemployment is the highest since records began.  Nearly 1½ million young people are currently not in education, employment or training –   over 1 in 5 of all young people. Swindon has been particularly hard hit – identified as a youth unemployment hot [...]

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From Swindon to the BBC Sunday Politics Sofa

From Swindon to the BBC Sunday Politics Sofa

It was a surprise to get a call this week inviting me as a guest on the BBC Sunday Politics Show.  It was first real experience of TV and the recording seemed to pass by in a flash.  The show focussed on two key issues – restorative justice and regenerating deprived neighbourhoods.  I was joined [...]

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Posted in Liden, Eldene and Park South, Swindon0 Comments

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