The Conservatives claim the economy is fixed, but working people are now £1,600 a year worse off since 2010. Find out about Labour’s plan for a recovery that works for everyone in our two minute video. Take the pledge: “I will volunteer with South Swindon Labour before election day.” Share this on twitter Share this on facebook Share this on Google+
Small Business Saturday is a highly successful day of celebrating small business. Originally an idea originating in the United States, the Labour Shadow Business Secretary, Chukka Umunna, drove the initiative forward in the UK last year. Small Business Saturday is a highly successful day of celebrating small business. Originally an idea originating in the United States, the Labour Shadow Business Secretary, Chukka Umunna, drove the initiative forward in the UK last year. After a great day in Old Town last year, the South Swindon Labour team this year explored Swindon Town Centre, a treasure…
New figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown a 56 per cent rise in rise in the number of self-employed people in Swindon since 2010, compared to a 13 per cent across the country. Nearly 14K people living in Swindon now work for themselves. New figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown a 56 per cent rise in rise in the number of self-employed people in Swindon since 2010, compared to a 13 per cent across…
For the vast majority of those affected by this policy, there is nowhere smaller to move to, meaning often vulnerable people are faced with an average bill of £720 a year through no fault of their own. Swindon Tenants Action estimate just over 100 people have moved to smaller homes because of the Bedroom Tax but up to 1,000 others in Swindon can't move because there are no vacant smaller properties available now. MP’s will vote today (Tuesday) on a Labour motion calling for…
Thousands of families in Swindon are struggling to deal with the rising cost of living and encouraging more firms to pay their employees the living wage is a positive way of really helping people deal with the cost of living crisis. Hard-working families in Swindon are struggling as they face the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation. Wages have gone up slower than prices for 39 out of 40 of the months David Cameron has been Prime Minister…
Swindon Foodbank has experienced a sharp rise in people needing help. About 150 people a week attend their centres while this time last year there were about 100 users. Organisers predict the numbers are going to increase by another 40 per cent in the New Year. Anne Snelgrove, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for South Swindon, will head a team of Labour volunteers to help out at the Swindon Foodbank on November 19th. Harvest events have helped boost the much-needed supplies so…
The people of Swindon have backed a petition calling on David Cameron to freeze energy prices after Anne Snelgrove and a group of supporters took to the town centre. Anne, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for South Swindon, and her team of volunteers collected 250 signatures in the space of just a few hours in Swindon town centre. The people of Swindon have backed a petition calling on David Cameron to freeze energy prices after Anne Snelgrove and a group of supporters…
Shelter’s findings reveal the shocking truth about the housing situation in Swindon. Only 1 in 4 houses are affordable for families, and for single people only 8 out of every 100 homes are affordable. The total of new homes completed in Swindon has halved from over 1,000 in the last year of the Labour Government to just over 500 last year (see Swindon table in Shelter’s Report). No wonder young people in Swindon despair of owning a home of their…
I was interested to read your column in the Swindon Advertiser (16 October), where you outline plans to bring faster broadband to Swindon. First class communication links are vital if Swindon is to recover from the recession, particularly as the economy has only just started growing very slowly after three years of flatling, and I welcome this belated move by the local council. Open letter to Robert Buckland MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 17 October 2013 Dear Mr…
Anne Snelgrove, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for South Swindon slammed this week's Budget as it will do nothing for Swindon. Anne said "The message from Chancellor George Osborne's Budget was clear: growth down, borrowing up, unemployment up, and millionaires laughing all the way to the bank with a tax cut worth an average £100,000. This was more of the same from a downgraded Chancellor.
Liberal Democrat Councillor Dave Wood thwarted Swindon Borough Council aspirations to work towards introducing a Living Wage over and above the legal minimum wage. At February's Full Council meeting, Labour Cllr Mark Dempsey, put forward an amendment to the financial report to included a statement that the Council would aspire to introduce the Living Wage. On the night, the ruling Conservative group opposed this amendment but with a Labour / Lib Dem majority of one, this aspiration could have and should have been realised.
Many Councils and private companies have already adopted a policy of paying a Living Wage and have reaped the benefits with increased output, reduced sick leave and a more contented workplace improving collective productivity. The Living Wage supporters believe that by fairly distributing money to the workforce as opposed to paying over inflated directors wages, bonuses and dividends, it is more likely that this extra money will feed into and boost the economy rather than drop out of circulation by…