Swindon Labour Group News

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:…

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…

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…

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…

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

We all know Swindon deserves better. Labour wants to hear what you’ve got to say on how you think we can improve the town centre so we can find a solution to this problem together.

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.

The Swindon Labour Group have as accused Swindon’s Conservative administration of gambling £60m of Swindon taxpayers money on infrastructure as part of the Eastern Villages Development.