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 which not only came lose but added to the problems.

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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.

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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.

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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, I would be committed to helping everyone in the community to get proper representation from their local councillors, and to actively taking up issues on their behalf.

Carol Heavens