| Lib Dems Defend Crazy Waste Of Money Plans to spend £1.5 million on cycle lanes in Swindon have been defended by Liberal Councillor Anne Baxter (Eastcott Ward), in the Evening Advertiser. Councillor Mike Bawden said he is standing by hi... Read More |
| More Asylum Chaos Following the release of new figures showing an increase in the number of asylum seekers, Conservatives this week called for an overhaul of the asylum process. Home Secretary David Blun... Read More |
| Blunkett Drops More Targets Following recent Conservative revelations that the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, has dropped key crime targets, it has now emerged that the government has abandoned important targets for the Crown P... Read More |
| Spare £1.25m May Go On Cycle Tracks Conservative leader Mike Bawden has attacked a decision to spend £1.25 million on Swindon cycle lanes when the money could have helped local schools or nursing homes. The money accounts for... Read More |
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Conservatives Oppose Regional Government Eric Pickles, Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government, this week criticised the Labour government’s plans, supported by the Liberal Democrats, to impose a new and expensive tier of regi... Read More |
| Council Leader Resigns The leader of Swindon Borough Council, Sue Bates, has announced that she is to resign. She said personality clashes have influenced her decision. We welcome the resignation of Labou... Read More |
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Government Drops Crime Targets Conservatives this week revealed that David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, has secretly abandoned a series of key government targets on crime and disorder. Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Home Secretary, ma... Read More |
| Public Dissatisfaction With Labour Grows A nationwide panel of citizens has decreed that the Labour government is failing in its pledge to improve public services. The ‘People’s Panel’ is a consultative body originally se... Read More |
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Now that Robert Buckland and Justin Tomlinson have been elected to Parliam...
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are to be ‘sworn in’ on Thursday 20 May.
The historic ceremony will mean that Justin ...
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Justin and Robert have issued the following statements, reacting to the start of the new Conservative government.
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are this morning beginning their first full working week following their historic election victories last ...
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The Conservatives comfortably retained control of Swindon Borough Council at the local elections on 6 May 2010. The new make-up of the c...
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Justin Tomlinson was elected as the new Conservative MP for North Swindon with a massive majority over the Labour candidate of 7,060
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Robert Buckland was elected MP for South Swindon with a majority of 3,544, beating Labour MP Anne Snelgrove.
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