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…

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.…

At the time of writing Angela Eagle has very generously paused her leadership campaign to give Jeremy Corbyn more time…

Some while ago I suggested to Swindon’s Cabinet that they should be pressing the government to abandon their target for…

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

According to the report for this week’s Swindon Council Cabinet meeting “a high proportion of responses received expressed opposition to…

Article after article by David Renard drives home the message that Swindon Borough Council ‘has no choice’. It has to…

“The problems of high cost and poor standards are not confined to a few “rogue” agencies but are widespread across…

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

This is written on behalf of Parks & East Walcot Community Forum, of which I am the Secretary. Yesterday Parks…