Recognising that many council tenants are struggling to manage their rising cost of living at the present time, we will be proposing for the council to adopt the minimum increase available for tenants rents, a 1.2% increase. The Swindon Labour Group will be proposing to restrict Council rent increases for 2015/16 to just 1.2%, rather than the 2.2% as proposed by the Conservative Group. This will be presented as an amendment to the Conservative Cabinet’s Housing Revenue Account (HRA) proposals…