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”?…
Unemployment – the coalition government fiddles the figures
Economists have been somewhat bemused at the number of jobs increasing in a recession. Whilst the move away from full-time…
A Municipal Bus Service or “a fully commercial service”?
This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser A Municipal Bus Service or a “fully commercial service”? In Keith Williams…
“One Nation Labour” – New Labour-lite with a touch of Disraeli
Before his recent conference speech Ed Miliband had talked about “going beyond” New Labour, but who could have imagined he…
Defending ‘secure tenancies’ against the New Victorians
Time to wake up to the implications of ‘flexible’ tenancies and means tested ‘social housing’ (You can download a PDF…
Barclay’s – “clean in principle” but parasitic in nature
As has been widely reported in the media Barclay’s has been fined £290 million for trying to rig the LIBOR…
Shapps praises less “affordable homes” building as a great success for the government!
Last Tuesday’s publication of national housing statistics provided a phenomenal vindication of the coalition government’s housing strategy. It must be…
‘Pay to stay’ : why we should oppose turning ‘social housing’ into means tested housing
The coalition government has just published a consultation document on a proposal to introduce increased rent for ‘high earners’ who…
Martin Wicks 