Don’t go Back to the Future

schools and care homes, council services such as Children’s Services and the Youth Justice Service are judged good and outstanding, all with council tax increases kept on or below inflation year after year.

Educational opportunities have been expanded with the Institute of Technology, University Technical College and various higher education courses, giving our young people the skills they need.

Millions of pounds have been invested in our roads and other infrastructure.

As a Conservative administration, we have had great success with securing Government funding for Swindon to help provide critical ‘up front’ infrastructure. This has guaranteed that Swindon’s road network is future proofed against additional demand.

The building of thousands of new homes including new council housing will see our children and grandchildren housed.

As a direct result of our engagement with investors, we have seen millions of pounds of private sector investment in employment sites and new jobs.

In addition to the £400m investment and 2,000 jobs at Symmetry Park, we have worked closely with Panattoni on the redevelopment of the former Honda site.

This regeneration will see a massive boost in jobs and an unprecedented £1.2bn boost to the Swindon economy, benefiting all of us.

Climate change is being tackled with schemes such as the LED lights roll-out saving thousands in energy bills.

Super-fast broadband is now available to nearly all households in the borough.

The reliability of waste services is rated higher than ever before.

A Conservative-run council will continue to deliver what the borough needs in a fiscally responsible manner.

In the forthcoming local elections, it is vital that Labour is not given the opportunity to run the council and take us back to the future.