A number of new or amended regulations in relation to the Private Rented Sector have come into force on April…
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…
Park Library campaign success
Faced with the prospect of an end to funding for Park Library, Parks & East Walcot Community Forum called a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Martin Wicks 