Post office move – putting a pint into a half-pint pot

Media Release Parks & East Walcot Community Forum The Post Office is proposing to close down the existing dedicated Post … More

Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list

MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s … More

We need 100,000 council homes a year not “affordable homes” “We have a housing crisis in this country that can … More

Crisis of housing affordability Both David Renard the Council Leader and MP Robert Buckland highlighted from the Centre for Cities … More

Here’s a picture of a heron at Shaftesbury Avenue lakes. We don’t see them very often, just occasional visits. I … More

A few photos from today’s picket line in Swindon at the Great Western Hospital.

20 years ago I wrote a pamphlet for the Thames Valley District Council of the RMT. The text on the … More

This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser, not yet published. A Municipal Bus Service or a “fully commercial service”? … More

Download a PDF of this here rtbimpact The coalition government is proposing to give “right to buy” (RTB) a boost … More

I was asked to appear on a local BBC Radio programme on the theme of “do we expect too much”. … More