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Author: Mike Davies

Waste Collection Update

Update from Cllr Chris Watts, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport Put out on Facebook on 15th August, along with BBC Interview on 22nd August In the spirit of the new administration being open and transparent, I am happy to continue to report. warts and all. These are challenging times and residents need to know. The waste and recycling service has three challenges. 1. Manpower With year-on-year cuts to the service there are simply not enough employees, especially drivers, to…

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Labour Election Candidates May 2023

On 4th May 2023 Swindon is electing Councillors for Swindon Borough Council, West Swindon Parish Council and South Swindon Parish Council. You have the opportunity to vote Labour in each ward to enable us to Build a Better Swindon! Swindon Borough Council Blunsdon + Highworth – Lesley GowCentral – Adorabelle ShaikhChiseldon + Lawn – Neil HopkinsCovingham + Dorcan – Tate Pullen Eastcott – Paul Dixon Gorse Hill + Pinehurst – John BallmanHaydon Wick – Stanka Adamcova Liden, Eldene and Park…

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Borough Council Elections 2023

Swindon Labour Candidates are asking you to vote Labour on May 4th 2023 to Build a Better Swindon. We’ll achieve this with these five pledges. Get Swindon MovingKeep Council Tax LowA Stronger Local EconomyGet Tough with DevelopersKeep Residents Safe and Fight Knife Crime

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SBC Elections 2022 – Labour Policies

1) Reduce deprivation Manifesto pledges:  ·         Prevent further unnecessary increases in council tax ·         Establish a Poverty Commission for Swindon  ·         Increase the numbers of jobs paying the Real Living Wage ·         Help break the “lowest income, highest cost” trap  2)  Remove health inequalities Manifesto pledges: ·         Increase quick access to mental health facilities for young people ·         Reintroduce Wardens into residential care homes ·         Create a loneliness reduction strategy ·         Increase specialist housing for SEND ·         Create a homelessness reduction strategy ·         Introduce a Renters’ Charter 3) Create a greener, cleaner, safer environment Manifesto pledges:…

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Open Letter to Robert Buckland MP

Dear South Swindon constituents, one of the most important ways to make your MP know how you feel about the issues of the day is to write to them. If you feel as angry as we do about the poor behaviour in Downing Street, please consider writing to robert.buckland.mp@parliament.uk, including your personal experience of lockdown. — Dear Robert Buckland MP, As a constituent, I wanted to register my anger and disappointment with the Prime Minister and his refusal to resign…

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Labour Group Statement on the County Ground

The Labour Group on Swindon Borough Council support the proposed sale of the County Ground to the joint venture between the Club and the Supporters Trust. We are pleased to note the buy back option included in the deal, and we will urge the Council to use it if the joint venture haven’t commenced the Stadium Development Plan within three years. We also note that the Council have the first option on buying back the freehold if the JV ever…

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National Insurance Hike

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REVEALED: Families in Swindon face £28m Conservative tax hike, £282 per worker – new analysis New figures released by Swindon Labour reveal that families in Swindon are facing a £28m NICs hike thanks to the latest Tory tax rise. Under the Conservative’s plans to raise National Insurance this April, the average worker in Swindon will pay an extra £282 in NICs alone. The increase pushes taxes up to a 70-year high – and comes at a time when energy bills are set to rise by almost £700 and inflation…

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Conservative Fraud

Conservatives’ outrageous fraud write off could fund Swindon Council for 26 years – new analysis New analysis by Swindon Labour reveals the Conservatives staggering £4.3bn fraud write-off, could fund Swindon Borough Council for 26 years. The news comes just days after the Treasury Minister in charge of countering fraud resigned in disgust at the Conservative Government’s inability to prevent the staggering waste. Publishing the analysis, Labour’s Cllr Jim Grant said, “This shameful Conservative government is utterly failing the people of Swindon. “It’s not just the law-breaking, chaos and deceit…

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Swindon Residents given a 9% Council Tax hike as an unwanted Christmas gift

The Swindon Labour Group was disappointed to see the Conservative government sneak out an expected 9% hike in Council tax as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement released last week. Whilst there was a modest increase in funding, it was offset by the removal of some COVID funding despite the country being stuck in the middle of a new wave of COVID infections and an expectation that inflation will add significantly to local Government costs. Cllr Jim Grant commented…

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