Young Labour supported by Anne Snelgrove attended the Swindon College Freshers’ Fair on Wednesday 7th September. It was a fantastic event and we met some amazing students studying everything from business Studies to beauty Therapy and Motor Mechanics to Childcare. So many students are worried now more than ever about the loss of EMA and it’s effect on their ability to buy materials (especially for vocational courses) and pay for transport. With part time jobs in Swindon being so scarce…
On Thursday the 17th of February, the Swindon Labour Group opposed the Conservative administration’s budget and we did so for several reasons. First and foremost, we opposed the Conservatives budget because of the high risk strategy the Conservative Group have adopted in budgeting for the protection of the vulnerable. We have seen this with the privatisation of the Council’s home care service, sacrificing the quality of care for Swindon’s 90 most vulnerable people in order to save £900,000. However right…
A University for Swindon is vital to unlock the talents of local people and drive economic regeneration. What a shame that the Tories are undermining the prospect of bringing a University to Swindon by selling off land at North Star and cutting Higher Education funding by 80 per cent. Swindon desperately needs a University for the future of our town. Families would be able to send their children to a local university, ensuring a high class education and unlocking the…
The Conservatives have a majority on Swindon borough Council, and democracy allows the party with the most votes to put through its policies or to achieve its political will.I am not contesting that principle in fact I am a supporter of the democratic process. What I object to is when the majority party are not listening at best and at worse rubbishing alternatives to their own ideas. I down right object to the majority party not listening to the people…