JOB CUTS: Council to cut up to 100 jobs in restructure
The Royal Borough has confirmed between 10 and 100 jobs could be axed and several departments merged as part of a major restructuring programme to cut costs.
AW
15 Jan 2010
My promise to you: If elected as Windsor MP, it will be my sole job as I dedicate my time to you. I will hold my first of many surgeries in the constituency in my first week of election.
Working & Winning for Windsor
Julian is an experienced local campaigner, who is embedded in our community.
Meet Julian Tisi
Julian is the Lib Dem Candidate for Windsor at the next General Election. The son of a knife-grinder, Julian came to Windsor to work for Centrica in 2002 and lives in the town with his wife, Amy and their three children, who all attend local state schools.
Julian is embedded in his community as a successful long-term local campaigner, most recently helping people to express their dismay at changes to entry fees for residents to Windsor Castle. His past campaigns include:
- Keeping Windsor's proper-sized Fire Station
- Keeping a full-sized fire engine in Windsor
- Saving Heatherwood Hospital
- Stopping inappropriate development in and around Alexandra Gardens twice
- Stopping raw sewage discharges and holding water companies accountable
- Forces housing
- Protecting Greenbelt
- Aircraft noise and the Third Heathrow Runway
and many others
Julian supports his local community-run pub and is a governor at St Edward's Royal Free School. He is a trustee of the Berkshire Music Trust and the Windsor Festival.
Julian is an experienced chartered accountant and, as a Borough councillor, has been using his professional skills to help sort out the financial mess at RBWM Council.
Julian has stood for election as MP in Windsor several times, as he is loyal to this area and is dedicated to representing people across the whole constituency.
Julian Tisi will work hard in Parliament on issues that matter to you:
- Clean up our rivers and stop sewage dumping by taxing water companies, banning bosses’ big bonuses and creating a tough new regulator.
- Give you access to NHS health services when you need them: guarantee GP appointment within a week, reform NHS dentistry and put mental health on an equal footing with physical health.
- Fight back against the Cost of Living Crisis by building at least 150,000 social homes a year, extending free school meals & protecting the pensions triple-lock.
Find out more about Liberal Democrats plan for a Fair Deal
Support Julian's Campaigns
Support Julian to tackle the challenges facing Windsor.
Keep the Castle Free!
Tell the Royal Collection that Advantage Card holders should go free to Windsor Castle.
Burglary Response Guarantee
Guarantee that all burglaries will be attended by police and investigated.
Bring Bank Town Centre Banking
There's still a demand for face-to-face bankng and cash services in our towns.
Local News from Windsor Liberal Democrats
'Mayor's big bash just too expensive'
The Mayor of the Royal Borough has hit back at criticism that his charity ball is overpriced by revealing that Prince Philip will be in attendance.
15 Jan 2010
Financial Times Reveals the Flaws in Conservative Tax Plans for Marriage
The Financial Times has revealed in detail the muddled thinking behind the Conservatives proposals for transferable tax allowances to support marriage. In agreement with local Lib Dems the FT concluded that "The beneficiaries of (the Conservatives') transferable tax allowances are single-earner couples who tend to be at the upper end of the income distribution. The policy is therefore a straight-forward redistribution from poor to rich.
11 Jan 2010
Times Reveals more Dodgy Donations for the Conservatives
The Times has uncovered more dodgy donations from millionaires to the Conservative Party. In an article published on the 10th January, the Times revealed that tens of thousands of pounds donated by the Goldsmith family and by the Reuben brothers, who are property developers and aluminium tycoons, had been improperly recorded by the Conservative Party thereby obscuring the source of the money.
10 Jan 2010
Tories covered up cash donations from Zac Goldsmith
The Conservative party hid donations of £40,000 from Zac Goldsmith, his brother Ben and two billionaire brothers in an apparent breach of the law.
MWSH
10 Jan 2010
Marriage is no rose garden, and the Tory party knows it
The research doesn't support David Cameron's thesis - and most people think there are better targets for tax breaks.
AG
5 Jan 2010