The latest ONS statistics (Office of National Statistics) show unemployment falling to 2,490,000. Yet the headline figures don’t tell the…
The Swindon Advertiser and unemployment
A letter to the Advertiser in response to their report today on the unemployment figures. Why does the Swindon Advertiser…
‘Self-financing’ and managing housing debt – the interests of tenants come first
This is an updated version of this article. Download a PDF of this article here finance As a result of…
Will these Councillors vote against “a fully commercial” service?
This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser I see from the Advertiser that “Councillors in Haydon Wick have been…
Swindon’s housing waiting list and the ‘bedroom tax’
I have just seen the November figures for Swindon’s housing waiting list and the transfer request list. There are 12,464…
A new stage in the campaign to defend Council housing?
This is a discussion document which considers what strategy the Defend Council Housing Campaign needs to follow in the light…
Waiting for Godot – the TUC, a ‘general strike’ and the coalition government
Download a PDF here genstrike At the September TUC Congress a resolution was passed, supported by all the major unions,…
Swindon’s Municipal bus service under threat
Swindon Council has announced that it is updating its Transport Strategy. It explains how in a document entitled “Towards an…
A Municipal Bus Service or “a fully commercial” service? 2
Doanload a PDF of this article here buses When Swindon Council ended the leg of the journey of the No…
A Municipal Bus Service or a “fully commercial service”?
This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser, not yet published. A Municipal Bus Service or a “fully commercial service”?…
Martin Wicks 