Last week I was honoured to be appointed the Labour Group Leader on Swindon Borough Council. As the Leader of the Labour Group I intend to write a weekly blog on the Swindon Labour Party website http://swindon-labour.co.uk and I will send this to the Swindon Advertiser’s letters pages so that those without the internet can [...]

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 [...]

Cllr Des Moffatt, who retained Western for Labour in May 2011, wants to defend Swindon against THOUGHTLESS CUTS.

Cllr Jim Grant, Leader of the Labour Group, points to the 4 immediate priorities for Labour: JOBS, HOUSING, REGENERATION AND FAIRNESS.

I’m delighted to have been selected again by Labour members in Western Ward as candidate in the May 2011 elections.  Here are some of the things that motivate me, and why I hope you will again trust me with your vote.

The Tory leader of Swindon Council has used his privileged position to write a weekly column in the local paper for party political ends. He trots out again the misleading percentages of alleged Labour rises in Council Tax when he should be arguing for a better deal from government.

Swindon’s Government grant is down £7.1 million for next financial year starting April 2011 compared to that for the current year – which itself was cut part way through by £1.4 million.  The administration trot our numbers of £15 Million a year savings, sometimes more than that:   however, much of that is expected growth [...]

At the Full Council meeting on 11th November, Cllr Des Moffatt and Cllr Derique Montaut moved and seconded the following: “In light of the continued failure by Forward Swindon Limited and its predecessor organisation to deliver regeneration to any part of Swindon beyond that enabled by public sector funding, Council invites the Chief Executive to take a report [...]

The Swindon Advertiser reported recently that only 18 people had commented on where the proposed Council cuts should fall.  Residents are being asked to chose between cuts in play services, Connections services, Swindon direct, Country Ground fitness services, daycare services and  supported employment.  But why are these the only cuts being consulted on – when [...]

As Labour Group spokesman for Transport and the Environment I was delighted to receive an early copy of the Swindon Civic Trust Strategy 2010-2013.  The Trust are campaigning on many of the issues that Labour fought the last Borough election on, and are committed to the sort of localism in planning and politics which was [...]