Old Town and East Wichel News

The Rev. Mark Barrett, Superintendent Presbyteral Minister of the North Wiltshire Methodist Circuit. Presbyteral Minister for Bath Road, St. Andrews and Rodbourne Methodist churches has endorsed Junab Ali for Police and Crime Commissioner.

Swindon Labour’s Local Election Manifesto 2021

Labour’s Candidate for Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner Pledges to Put a Hold on Sales of Police Stations and calls for honesty around spending resources on buildings or staff

Autumn 2020 – News & Views from Swindon Old Town Labour Councillors.

Thank you to all our schools for serving our communities so well during lockdown.

The Swindon Labour group has published a wide-ranging ‘recovery plan’ aimed at kick-starting Swindon’s economy and modernising Swindon Borough Council. The 8-point plan encourages greater cross-Party working and to improve community participation in decision making.

Work by The Children’s Society shows that over a quarter of the 23,968 children living in South Swindon constituency alone, live in poverty.

On the first official day of campaigning of this General Election, 1500 voters in Swindon have been told by Swindon Borough Council that they are being removed from the electoral register.

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

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.

Nadine Watts was re-elected as Councillor for Old Town & East Wichel in the local elections on 3 May with an increased majority and 50% of the vote.