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This afternoon George Osborne will announce the final Budget before the general election. The Chancellor will set out his plans for tax and spending, and a...

Swindon made national news on Monday when the government announced that bids for two new secondary schools here had been successful. We’re the only town to...

This week we have had an important and very welcome announcement about so-called ‘pensioner benefits’. David Cameron confirmed that as long as he is Prime...

We have some excellent voluntary and charity organisations in Swindon, offering help, advice and support across a wide range of issues. However, accessing all...

I was delighted with the Chancellor’s announcement that the government is extending the hugely popular pensioner bonds scheme for a further three months. It’s...

One of the most important projects I’m working on is the bid to make the long-overdue Thamesdown Drive extension a reality. If we can push the road through to...

Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year has added poignancy as it marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz...

On Thursday I visited the Great Western Hospital and spent nearly two hours there, meeting managers, staff and patients and seeing round the newly-refurbished...