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<title><![CDATA[The Tories Have Got To Listen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Labour Councillors are urging the Conservative administration in Swindon to listen to the people and review their decisions to close libraries, shut the Groundwell Park &amp; Ride and slash funding to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-03-31 10:54:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[There is an alternative for Groundwell Park &amp; Ride]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[  &nbsp; Labour Councillor Derique Montaut is continuing the campaign to save the service at Groundwell Park &amp; Ride.&nbsp; Last month the Conservative administration rejected Labour’s alternativ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-03-13 14:32:05</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SAVE OUR LIBRARIES - PETITION]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We the under signed call upon Swindon Borough Council to keep open the Even Swindon and Gorsehill Libraries, within their respective Community Centres and to maintain their existing opening hours ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-02-13 14:27:43</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour Councillors demand answers in swimming row]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour Councillors in Swindon are demanding that the Tory Council explain their decision to turn down government money to provide free swimming for under 16s.&nbsp; In doing so, the council also exem...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-01-22 13:49:01</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour Would Have Done More to Save Charity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour Leader in Swindon, Cllr. Kevin Small, has stated that a Labour council would have done more to support Age Concern and maintain vital services for pensioners in the town.&nbsp; The Swindon Adv...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-01-22 13:48:11</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When will we get our say on the Canal?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour Councillor Jim Grant is demanding to know when the Tory run council in Swindon will let people have their say on proposals to build a canal through the centre of the town.&nbsp; The Conservati...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-01-22 13:45:50</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour Fights for Support for Vulnerable Home Owners]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Last night Labour councillors put forward a motion fighting for support for those struggling to meet their mortgage payments since the onset of the credit crunch.&nbsp; The motion urged the council t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-11-14 14:42:26</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour Fights for More Affordable Homes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Labour Councillors and MPs have backed plans to increase the number of affordable homes available in Swindon.&nbsp; As part of their response to government plans for development in the South West Labo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-10-31 13:11:01</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Playing Politics with People's Lives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next week Tory Councillors will meet to rubber stamp a decision to remove speed cameras from the streets of Swindon.&nbsp; This follows months of heated debate over the potential dangers of such a mov...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-10-15 10:22:19</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour works for Swindon, Tories play political games]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour Councillors and MPs have criticised a Conservative decision to attack the new draft Regional Spatial Strategy.&nbsp; This vital new document will provide a framework for the development of the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-26 13:04:18</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour Would Build More Affordable Homes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour Councillors have criticised the Conservative run Council today on their failure to deliver affordable homes to the people of Swindon.&nbsp; Wednesday’s Swindon Advertiser revealed that more ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-19 11:56:14</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pinehurst anti-social behaviour]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday 12th September the Labour Councillors Maurice Fanning, John Ballman and Ray Ballman, along with North Swindon MP, Michael Wills,&nbsp;held&nbsp;a public meeting&nbsp;to discuss the anti-soci...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-16 09:31:22</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Success in Fight for Road Safety]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Councillor Derique Montaut’s pressure on Swindon Council to reinstate the speed camera on Queen’s Drive has paid off. &nbsp; Derique said: “The camera has been out of use for months, and there h...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-27 13:32:30</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Councillor Ray Ballman completes walk the walk for charity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[  WalktheWalk - Uniting against breast cancer.  Walk the Walk began 10 years ago and its committed to raising funds for breast cancer research and care - and helping people get fit and healthy through...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-06-13 07:10:38</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour's vision for Swindon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On&nbsp;1st May the people of Swindon have the chance to have their say on Swindon's future. Labour has produced a Manifesto in which you can&nbsp;read about&nbsp;our ideas&nbsp;on how to create a thr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-04-07 10:51:17</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On the buses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From April 2008 holders of free bus passes will be able to use their pass in any part of England. The free bus scheme will benefit more than 11 million older and disabled people nationwide and forms p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-04-07 10:24:47</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tory Council named and shamed by Audit Commission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[   The Labour Group has welcomed the Audit Commission's announcement that Swindon borough Council has received two stars and is improving strongly in the recently announced CPA   scores. However, the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-02-15 15:58:53</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drivers misery as Council fail to live up to promises]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[   Labour Councillor Fay Howard has hit out at the Tory led Council over the state of many roads within Parks. Despite the Council committing themselves to improving   the&nbsp;state of the highways w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-01-31 18:05:05</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tories failing to listen over recycling]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[   The Labour Group has&nbsp;challenged the Council administration to answer the increasing public concerns about their new Waste and Recycling scheme.     Whilst the Group strongly supports increase ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-01-28 15:22:34</pubDate>
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