| Conservative Campaign Launch The Conservative Party this week launched its campaign for the May local elections, saying that the key issue for voters is who provides better public services and at a lower cost. Evidence... Read More |
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Mobile Phone Masts Being Installed? Councillor Mike Bawden Views A Mobile Phone Mast In Old Town Mobile telephone masts are being installed in Old Town without the public being informed, it is being claimed. The three antennae, mea... Read More |
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Crime Figures Are Truly Terrible Commenting on the Home Office crime figures released today, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, said:“These figures are truly terrible. Despi... Read More |
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Schools Top Tory Agenda Iain Duncan Smith has promised to make education the Tory party's number one priority. Tony Blair has failed to deliver on a pledge which helped bring him to power. In his new year messag... Read More |
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Council Tax Hikes On The Way? Budget changes proposed by Gordon Brown could add 7.2 per cent to Swindon's council tax bill. This was the claim made today by council Conservative group leader Councillor Mike Bawden (Old ... Read More |
| Chancellor Forces Council Tax To Soar Local Conservatives today slammed the Chancellor for deliberately engineering a 16% increase in Council Tax in just two years. In his pre-budget report, published on 27 November, Gordon Brown... Read More |
| Labour's Children Can't Read Or Write Ofsted, the education watchdog, this week reported that the Labour government is failing in its pledge to teach primary school children to read and write properly. 200,000 seven-year-olds are fail ... Read More |
| Another Education Failure The Labour government has failed to meet its key election pledge and legal requirement to ensure that no five, six and seven year old children are taught in classes of more than 30 pupils. Th... Read More |
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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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