Swindon Labour’s Local Election Manifesto 2019
Swindon Labour’s Local Election Manifesto 2019
We will build 1000 council houses in 5 years We will re-introduce children’s centres to Swindon We will increase recruitment of enforcement officers and fund more PCSOs to support the police We will support local businesses by prioritising them when allocating public sector contracts We will set up a £2m fund to support the Honda workforce, their supply chain and other workers affected by any future economic downturn
Swindon Labour joins thousands to march in support of Honda workers
On the evening of Tuesday, 4th December, the day the government was plunged into shame and defeat, the people of South Swindon came together in hope and unity.
Sarah Church provides an update on her community work and campaign activities.
AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT COUNCIL DOUBLE COUNCIL HOUSE BUILDING REINSTATE SURESTART CHILDREN’S CENTRES MORE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REGENERATE OUR HERITAGE
The Conservatives are always promising jam tomorrow but the reality is they have delivered very little but they have wasted both opportunities and tax payers money.
Labour concerned that Town Centre Tower Blocks will lead to mass parking on Eastcott’s Roads Two planning applications to build more than 200 flats in the Town Centre, with no allotted car parking spaces, have been approved by Swindon Council’s planning committee. The two tower blocks will each be more than 10 storeys high and will tower over the Eastcott skyline. Labour had called on Swindon Council to deliver parking provision in the tower blocks and have also opposed the…
In the last couple of years Swindon has seen a dramatic rise in people sleeping rough. It has increased by over 75%. Tory Government Austerity policies such as Universal Credit are at the root cause for in the last year under their new funding formula Swindon has been short changed by £400k. We have moved from a caring welfare state to a sorry state. You only have to look at food bank use to see the Tories have no shame…
The Conservative Council Administration has bowed to pressure from your Labour Councillors and others and have begun the process of withdrawing from the Regeneration agreement with the MUSE. This will not come for free; compensation could have to be paid for their wasted years of failure. If this happened in the workplace you could be sacked for less, you can make your feelings known in the May 2018 elections. The Conservatives are still promising jam tomorrow even though they failed…
Swindon’s Conservative Administration has presided over the largest local tax rises in the Country. The average increase is 10% whilst elsewhere in the country it has been 5%. They have forced unwelcomed Parishes against peoples wills and are using these to offload services with additional taxes. Nationally the Conservatives are threatening to cap Parishes to stop this type of abuse. These changes are a direct result of underfunding from the Conservative Government whilst they still try to blame the previous…
After years of failed promises and delays, the Labour Group has called on Swindon Council to terminate their development agreement with Muse on the Kimmerfields site. The Kimmerfields development was due to provide a substantially sized public open square and a series of new streets surrounded by retail and leisure space, a hotel, a new bus interchange, office space and new homes (including affordable units), delivered over a number of phases. The Council said overall investment in the site from…