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Lydiard & Freshbrook News

December Community Organising Event

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.

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Sarah Church
Working in the community in Swindon

Sarah Church provides an update on her community work and campaign activities.

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Labour’s Pledges to the People of Swindon

AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT COUNCIL DOUBLE COUNCIL HOUSE BUILDING REINSTATE SURESTART CHILDREN’S CENTRES MORE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REGENERATE OUR HERITAGE

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Neil Hopkins
Labour Candidate for Lydiard & Frehsbrook

Only Labour can be trusted to protect the future of Lydiard Park and effectively tackle parking issues in Lydiard & Freshbrook.

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Residents Attend Public Meeting on Future of Lydiard

The meeting took place at the Lydiard Park Academy Sports Hall on Sunday 11th March at 2pm. Just over 100 residents attended the meeting.

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Lydiard Park Public Meeting

MEETING CALLED AS LYDIARD PARK IS UNDER THREAT AGAIN Labour Candidate, Neil Hopkins, is inviting you to attend a Public Meeting on the future of Lydiard after the Council scrap the Lydiard Heritage Trust deal. Add to Your Calendar 11-03-2018 2:00 PM 11-03-2018 4:00 PM Lydiard Park Public Meeting A public meeting on the future of Lydiard which will be crucial to making sure the Council knows the strength of feeling amongst residents about the future running of Lydiard, and…

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Labour Respond to Council Pull Out of Lydiard Deal

Lydiard Park Swindon, copyright Delta 51 reproduced under the CC BY SA license

Swindon Borough Council Council have today issued a press release confirming that they are no longer pursuing a transfer of management to the Lydiard Heritage Trust. This raises the ugly prospect of Lydiard once again being transferred to the private sector. The Council has said the reason why they have pulled out of talks with the trust is because of a disagreement of the required works needed for Lydiard House. A total of £850,000 had been set aside by the…

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Lydiard Not Yet Secure

The Conservative council, under severe financial pressure from the Conservative government, is trying to offload Lydiard Park. There are plans to transfer it to a trust, which could secure its future for the people of Swindon, but the proposed trust is unwilling to accept the transfer without provision for the works costing over a million pounds that they found were necessary to put Lydiard it in good repair. But another problem has now come to light. The council allowed the…

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Future Management of Lydiard Park In Doubt

Neil Hopkins and Councillor Matthew Courtliff at Lydiard House

I am disappointed to have to report that due to the Tory Council’s mismanagement, the Lydiard Conference Centre will now be closing. Some weddings and other events at the conference centre will have to be cancelled, leaving a large loss of income for the Park & House and  damaging the reputation of Lydiard to host events. Labour successfully stopped Lydiard from being transferred to the private sector following the election of Labour Councillor Matthew Courtliff. Despite agreeing to the transfer…

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D-Day For Future Of Lydiard

After Labour prevent Lydiard being transferred to private sector, Council to determine new arrangements Swindon Borough Council is set to determine the future management arrangements for Lydiard at a Cabinet Meeting in February. After your Labour Team’s intervention to prevent Lydiard being transferred to a private company, the Council agreed to contract the management of Lydiard to a local trust. However it has taken a year to get a final agreement over exact details of the Trust’s management, which has…

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Labour Delight at Brook Cottage Planning Application Rejection

After saving Lydiard Park from being transferred to the private sector, your local Labour Team are pleased to report that the planning application to convert Brook Cottage on the Lydiard grounds, has now been rejected. In 2016 Lydiard Park was in danger of being transferred to the private sector company, Twigmarket, but thanks to Labour Lydiard will now be run by a local trust. Since then two planning applications have been submitted the Lydiard in and around the Lydiard grounds….

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Increase of 78% in Homelessness

Statutory homelessness has increased by 78% in Swindon over the last five years, as Tory austerity begins to bite in Swindon. On top of this, the number of homeless households with children has increased by a staggering 162%. The recent increase has been blamed on a perfect storm of delays in the payment of Universal Credit which is leading to people falling into rent arrears, together with a housing market that is becoming unaffordable for many people on low incomes….

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