Paying more for worse services

This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser Paying more for worse services I’ve just received my council tax notice … More

Park Library campaign success

Faced with the prospect of an end to funding for Park Library, Parks & East Walcot Community Forum called a … More

20 years of defending the safety critical role of the guard

The current struggle in defence of the safety critical role of the guard is not a new one. The threat … More

A ‘low wage, low welfare’ town

It’s all very well David Renard clutching the Cities Report for a photo opportunity, but if you want to make … More

Statistics of the health crisis

The word crisis is often over-used, but the NHS is facing a genuine crisis in which its component parts are … More

Disenfranchising the electors of Eldene & Liden

Swindon Council is ruled by anti-democratic clique. They have imposed new parish councils on non-parished areas without any democratic mandate … More

Israel cannot be both a ‘Jewish state’ and a democratic one

“So the settler agenda is defining the future of Israel. And their stated purpose is clear. They believe in one … More

The Great Western Hospital and the “beds crisis”

You didn’t need a premonition in 1999 (“We warned this would happen says pensioner over beds crisis at GWH”, Swindon … More

Park Library kept open, but…

Park Library is to remain open and funded by Swindon Council. This is a success for our campaign which raised … More

The local government funding crisis and how to resolve it

With the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader for the second time we have been told that this has … More