One year on from the tragic attacks in Olso and on an AUF summer camp being held on Utoya island our thoughts and best wishes are with our friends and comrades in Norway, and with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in such a senseless way. One year on from the tragic attacks in Olso and on an AUF summer camp being held on Utoya island our thoughts and best wishes are with our friends and…
Labour understands that Britain has a responsibility to safeguard the future of the next generation and give them the support they need to make the most of their potential. With one in five young people unemployed, the EMA scrapped and the trebling of tuition fees, there is a real danger that the talent of the younger generation will be lost. We are calling on the Tory-led Government to create thousands of new apprentice places with “Jobs for Contracts” – a…
Mass unemployment destroys the social morale of communities and forcing young people who have completed their training for work to remain idle is Tory politics of the vilest nature. It leads to disillusionment and rings true of Thatcher’s “laissez faire” leave it to the market approach. In Swindon young people need know that Tory policies are not working for them and only Labour has new ideas to tackle youth unemployment. Labour’s solution to Osborne’s failed plan A and Cameron’s Tory…
Swindon Borough Council has been accused by Swindon’s Labour Group Leader of letting down the town’s young children after proposing more than £150,000 worth of cuts to Swindon’s children’s centres. These cuts were part of the administration’s budget proposals back in November and will be on top of the £50K cut from Swindon’s Sure Start this year. The Conservative administration’s proposals include making cuts of more than £40,000 to the Robert Le Kyng and the Penhill/Pinehurst Children’s Centres and cuts of…
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…