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One of the biggest concerns that people talk to me about as a Labour parliamentary candidate is immigration. I think there is a commonly held view that the traditional generosity and tolerance of the British people towards strangers is being … Continue reading →

The Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill is passing through Parliament and is currently being debated in the Lords. The third part of the Bill is particularly damaging to trade unions where there are proposals to … Continue reading →

Labour candidate for next year’s European parliament election Clare Moody, joined me today petitioning for a freeze of energy prices in Bradford on Avon.   Published and promoted by Chippenham Labour Party on behalf of Andy Newman, both of 5 … Continue reading →

Wiltshire council has suffered considerable cuts over the last few years, which residents experience as worse services. There is of course political debate about whether austerity is necessary, and I am unconvinced that the coalition is on the right track. … Continue reading →

Tristan Cork’s recent article in the Western Daily Press emphasized growing disquiet from the leaders of the Countryside Alliance about the failure of the Conservative / Lib Dem government to hold a vote to repeal the 2004 Hunting Act, which was promised … Continue reading →

I was interested to read in the Gazette and Herald that Coun Chris Caswill has resigned from the Liberal Democrats: Many voters will agree with his reasons: Coun Caswill said he had expected Lib Dems to “listen to and engage with … Continue reading →

I am delighted to learn that Wiltshire College has plans for a brand new £21 million college campus in Chippenham. The new three storey buildingwill be open to students from September 2015, and will support apprenticeships in engineering, construction and … Continue reading →

The Conservative chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that the unemployed “will be made to attend the job centre every working day”. Has Mr Osborne any idea how impractical this idea is for people in rural areas, either unemployed people will … Continue reading →

The Conservative led coalition government has been a disaster for Britain. As David Blanchflower wrote in the Inependent The economy Osborne inherited was growing nicely. Indeed, it grew 2.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2009 through to the … Continue reading →