Tag: Swindon Conservatives

Conservative Cabinet Member on Swindon Council, Councillor Dale Heenan, has admitted being forced through Court Summons to pay £981 in Council-Tax. He has also resigned from the Cabinet though will remain as Councillor for Covingham and Dorcan Ward. Conservative Cabinet Member on Swindon Council, Councillor Dale Heenan, has admitted being forced through Court Summons to pay £981 in Council-Tax. He has also resigned from the Cabinet though will remain as Councillor for Covingham and Dorcan Ward. The Leader of the…

Due to running up massive council debts of over £200m and Tory government cuts of £80m across 4 years, the Council’s Conservative Administration’s response is to have another Vision for Swindon.  Due to running up massive council debts of over £200m and Tory government cuts of £80m across 4 years, the Council’s Conservative Administration’s response is to have another Vision for Swindon. After 10 years of failing to deliver a new Town Centre you would think they would tackle the…

Tory-run Swindon Council are looking to create new parishes to operate streetsmart services such as street cleaning, road & footpath maintenance and bin emptying. They intend to create new parish councils in order to increase your counciltax through a new Parish Precept.  Tory-run Swindon Council are looking to create new parishes to operate streetsmart services such as street cleaning, road & footpath maintenance and bin emptying. They intend to create new parish councils in order to increase your counciltax through…

As you may have heard on your doorsteps, or read in the Adver, the current council is seeking to implement new Parish Councils across Swindon, with West Swindon being affected by these plans. As you may have heard on your doorsteps, or read in the Adver, the current council is seeking to implement new Parish Councils across Swindon, with West Swindon being affected by these plans. A range of local services is planned to be delivered by the new Parish…

Conservative-run Swindon Council are currently consulting on the closure of the Children’s Nursery on Euclid Street by September 2016 -, advising parents they will have to use another nursery. Conservative-run Swindon Council are currently consulting on the closure of the Children’s Nursery on Euclid Street by September 2016 -, advising parents they will have to use another nursery. Labour are concerned about this nursery closure as it is a very popular with 128 young children aged between 2 and 4…

Swindon Council announced at the West Swindon Locality Meeting on Monday 14th September that the Council now expects local residents to clean the gullies on their streets and that the Council will no longer be undertaking this activity themselves. Swindon Council announced at the West Swindon Locality Meeting on Monday 14th September that the Council now expects local residents to clean the gullies on their streets and that the Council will no longer be undertaking this activity themselves. Mannington & Western…

The Tories new cuts to roads in Swindon will cost motorists, but it also hits small businesses and endangers all road users, including cyclists and bikers.  The state of Britain’s local roads has been found to be the number one gripe among drivers in the RAC Report on Motoring 2015. One in 10 motorists (10%) said the condition of local roads was their top concern, while a further 20% listed the issue as one of their top four concerns. Half…

If elected, the first adjournment debate I apply for as an MP will be on Swindon Children's Centres. I will keep the pressure on the council from parliament until they see the error of their ways, and although Swindon council has made my task harder, I will work with the next Labour Government to expand early years provision in our town. On the day that Swindon’s Children’s Centres close across Swindon following Cllr David Renard and Robert Buckland’s refusal to…

The Leader of the Swindon Labour Group, Councillor Jim Grant, has accused the Conservative Group on Swindon Borough Council of using Council literature that goes out to all households and paid for from residents council-taxes, as a party political tool.  The Leader of the Swindon Labour Group, Councillor Jim Grant, has accused the Conservative Group on Swindon Borough Council of using Council literature that goes out to all households and paid for from residents council-taxes, as a party political tool. …

The Cabinet have failed to learn from the mistakes made in the past where an alternative broadband provider to BT have been contracted to roll out broadband infrastructure and then residents get left with no choice over their internet provider is ultimately leading to higher cost internet. The Swindon Labour Group, led by Councillor Jim Grant, is opposing the Superfast Broadband roll-out which has been proposed by Swindon Council’s Conservative Cabinet. The Labour Group will be moving a motion calling…

Five days after writing to David Renard, Conservative Leader of Swindon Borough Council, with a bid to keep Swindon’s children’s centres open for an extra five weeks, Anne Snelgrove, Labour’s candidate for South Swindon, has received only silence from the council leader on this important issue. Five days after writing to David Renard, Conservative Leader of Swindon Borough Council, with a bid to keep Swindon’s children’s centres open for an extra five weeks, Anne Snelgrove, Labour’s candidate for South Swindon, has received only silence from the council leader on this important issue. Anne Snelgrove, Labour candidate for…

Anne Snelgrove, Labour’s candidate for South Swindon, has today (27th February) written to Councillor David Renard, Conservative Leader of Swindon Council, to ask that he keeps the Swindon children’s centres open for 6 more weeks until the outcome of the General Election is known. Anne Snelgrove, Labour’s candidate for South Swindon, has today (27th February) written to Councillor David Renard, Conservative Leader of Swindon Council, to ask that he keeps the Swindon children’s centres open for 6 more weeks until the outcome…