What’s happening with earnings? News from the Centre for Cities report was picked up by local politicians as an opportunity … More
Category: Swindon Council
No price on democratic rights
A letter to the Swindon Advertiser What exactly does InSwindon think it is? The town centre’s political police? They don’t … More
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
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
Park Library petition – Catch 22 Swindon style
Swindon Council has refused to table Parks and East Walcot Community Forum’s petition for discussion at the November council meeting. … More
An assault on local democracy
According to the report for this week’s Swindon Council Cabinet meeting “a high proportion of responses received expressed opposition to … More
Parishes proposal: the electors must decide
This is written on behalf of Parks & East Walcot Community Forum, of which I am the Secretary. Yesterday Parks … More
Swindon Council to ’empower’ local people by denying them power to decide on parishes
At the Council meeting yesterday I asked a couple of questions on the Community Governance Review which will consider whether … More
Not so much a ‘vision’, more a nightmare
This is a guest post by a Swindon Council employee who has been given a ‘vision’… A couple of weeks … More
Labour should oppose parishes move and demand referendum
Just when I was thinking that’s a good letter from Des Moffatt (“Beware Parish Plan”) he said this: “…I am … More
