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Cllr Bawden Hoists St George Flag! Swindon Council has broken with protocol and is flying the flag of St George to celebrate England's rugby world cup victory. For the first time in living memory the authority has hoisted up the fl... Read More |
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Cllr Foley Delivers Improved Re-cycling Across the Country Conservative Councils re-cycle more than Labour and Liberal Councils. It is no different here in Swindon, the Conservatives are taking measures to deliver record levels of re-... Read More |
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Liberals Plan To Cripple Local Tax Payers The Liberals are trying to replace the Council Tax with a Local Income Tax. With a 8% Local & Regional Income Tax, a typical two-earner household could face a bill of £2912 a year!!! Th... Read More |
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Cllr Foley - Recycling Refridgerators Swindon Borough Council's Swindon Services Department are proud to confirm that they are the only local authority in the UK carrying out the recycling of refrigerators and freezers in house, with the ... Read More |
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Lethbridge School - Additional Play Area Space Cllr's Fionuala Foley and Mike Bawden are delighted to report that Cabinet agreed to the purchase of the private allotment adjacent to Lethbridge School. This new land will be used to extend the... Read More |
| Old Town Core Area Development The Old Town Core Area development is now nearing completion, and we are pleased with the progress so far. Cllr's Fionuala Foley & Cllr Mike Bawden have arranged for an official site visit on Sep... Read More |
| Illegal Parking Hotspots On 1st September, the new decrimilised parking comes into force. This means the powers to enforce illegal parking will transfer from the police to the Council, and far more wardens will be on pa... Read More |
| Cllr Foley Rejoins Wilts & Swindon Fire Authority Following the May elections, Cllr Fionuala Foley has been selected to represent Swindon Borough Council on the Wilts & Swindon Fire Authority. Having previously served on the committee in 2000/01... 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.
Rob...
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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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