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Buckland Reveals Ashcroft Link
Buckland Reveals Ashcroft Link In his response to a letter from me, Tory candidate for South Swindon Robert Buckland has revealed that his campaign has received funding from...

Tories should come clean
TAX AVOIDING CONSERVATIVE FINANCIER LORD ASHCROFT FORCED OUT OF THE SHADOWS Anne Snelgrove MP for South Swindon and Labour candidate for North Swindon Victor Agarwal are calling for...

The Platform Welcomes Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Platform Welcomes Secretary of State for Work and PensionsThe Platform welcomes Secretary of State for Work and Pensions On the 26th February I spent the day visiting the newly refurbished...

Tory Council Not Value for Money
Tory Council Not Value for Money The Tory Administration has delivered this year’s budget for Swindon Borough Council and it shows they are not delivering value...

Government Apologises to Child Migrants
Government Apology to Child Migrants On the 24th February the Government officially apologised to former child migrants at the Palace of Westminster in an effort to repair the...

Anne Visits Childrens Centre
Anne Visits Childrens CentreAnne Visits Children’s Centre On Friday 12th I was given the opportunity to go down to the Swindon Children’s at Goddard Park Primary School centre to meet...

Government Announces New Low Carbon Area
Government Announces New Low Carbon Area This morning Lord Hunt, a minister for Energy and Climate Change, visited John Matthey Fuel Cells in Swindon, the largest fuel cell...

Positive Outlook for Homeowners
Positive Outlook for Homeowners Recently announced Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures have shown that the number of repossessions for last year was far less than predicted. The...

Rebuilding Trust
Rebuilding Trust The publication of the Legg report last week showed how the public’s furore over expenses claims is completely justified. The fact that total repayments demanded from...

20th Anniversary of Mandela's Release
20 years since Mandela’s Release This year marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from Robin Island prison. Mandela’s legacy of campaigning tirelessly for what you believe...

Motorway Bridge Works 20th to 21st February
Notification of Works – M4 Junctions 16 to 17 From 7pm on Saturday 20th February to 10am on Sunday 21st February both sides of the M4 between Junctions...

Using Clean Energy to Reap Cash Rewards
Using Clean Energy to Reap Cash Rewards On Monday the Government announced a new scheme that will offer cash rewards to households and communities that use cleaner forms...

My Global Poverty Promise
My Global Poverty PromiseOver the years, I have campaigned to make poverty history, and I know that global poverty and injustice is an issue which concerns many people across South Swindon....

New Swindon MYP Elected
New Swindon MYP elected Last night (Monday 1st February) a new Member of Youth Parliament for Swindon was announced. After a good turnout from pupils of secondary schools...

New Apprenticeship Scheme for Small Businesses
New Apprenticeship Scheme for Small Businesses In a scheme recently announced by the National Apprenticeship Service, small businesses in the South West are being offered a lump sum...

Swindon Safest Place for Car Theft
Swindon Safest Place for Car Theft In the annually published Motor Theft Index Swindon has been named as the safest place in the UK for the second time...

Residents Back GWH
On Monday I wrote a letter to the Conservative candidate for South Swindon, Mr Robert Buckland, to ask if he supported the scurrilous accusations made by the Tory Party that...

Anne Attends FSB Manifesto launch
Anne Attends FSB Manifesto launchFSB host Election Campaign Event On Tuesday evening I was delighted to attend the Federation of Small Business’ launch of their election manifesto. The evening gave me an...

Letter to Robert Buckland
Conservative Party attack on Great Western Hospital On Monday 25th January an article was published in the Swindon Advertiser that describes a...

Margaret Hodge visits Swindon Arts
Margaret Hodge visits Swindon ArtsCulture, Media and Sport Minister Margaret Hodge Tours Swindon Arts On Friday morning Margaret Hodge MP, the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, was given a tour of...