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G. Stevens (Electrical) 'Meet the new boss, just like the old boss'?
Electrical Engineers & Contractors
A year since the general election, has anything song by The Who 'Won't be fooled again.'
DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS changed? The Link put it to North Swindon MP Michael, obviously a connoisseur of rock mu-
FIRE & INTRUDER Michael Wills that the Labour Government is sic, immediately pointed out that the song was
like the refrain above from the famous 1960s recorded in 1971 and sent this reply.
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Industrial & Commercial 'What's next?'
Tel: (01793) 870948
t is often said that there are childcare. The new working fam- to do. We were elected for five
Mobile: 0850 932265 only two kinds of politicians - ily tax credit will provide for lower years and we always knew it would
Jthose who fail and those who income families up to £150 a week take at least that long to put right
get out just in time. for two children, paying 70% of all the damage of the previous
4 Volpe close And that is just what politicians costs. Families earning up to Conservative governments. So we
Grange Park say about themselves. There is a £30,000 a year will benefit from need to see continuing resources
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Swindon National Inswct,on CoVniI to, prevailing cynicism about politics this childcare tax credit. going into our schools and the
Elocinoot Installation Cont,acting
that is engrained in our democ- An additional £900 million is NHS.
racy. being spent to invest in new social And further reforms to ensure
So, after Labour's first year, it is housing and repair existing social that they deliver the highest qual-
perhaps not surprising that some housing and an additional £380 ity services to everyone, and not
GASTECH are now asking 'is that it?' When I million is being spent to help pen- just for a privileged few.
am asked this, I always reply, 'what sioners with their winter fuel bills.
more could you reasonably have It looks as if the £20 billion an-
Gas appliance expected from Labour's first year nual deficit Labour inherited from
maintenance in Government?' the Conservatives will have been
A total of £4.5 billion of new cleared by the year 2000.
& repair specialists money has gone into our spending There has been a radical pro-
Installation, servicing priorities of health and education, gramme of constitutional reform,
with reforms to raise the quality of returning power to the people,
and repair to all
provision in both these vital areas. away from Westminster and
gas appliances We have launched a £3.50 bil- Whitehall with legislation being
& central heating lion programme to get people off brought in on human rights, free-
welfare and into work. There has dom of information, Regional De-
Tel: (01793) been the biggest ever increase in velopment Agencies and Scottish
child benefit, up £2.50 a week, and and Welsh devolution.
873060 for the first time, direct help with But, of course, there is more still

FOR A SERVICE THAT GOES BEVORIII THE ORDINARY
In the end, this Government
knows it will not be judged by
"Through attention to detail, creative strings of statistics but by the real
improvements in the quality of life
craftsmanship and the delivery of a
it achieves for everyone, something
quality service, the focus is on giving that people will not need any help
added value - by design." in working out for themselves.
They will know from their own
lives whether the Government is
succeeding. We will be judged by
how far we bring about real im-
ARTWORK LETTERS/REPORTS
Brochures Personal/business provements in education and the
Newsletters Procedure manuals health service and all our public
Business cards Standard/non-standard services.
We will be judged by how far we
have managed to remove the blight
PROGRAMMED
of social exclusion and change the
SPREADSHEETS
Order entry unacceptable situation in which a
Statistical analysis child from an unskilled social class
is twice as likely to die before the
For more information or a brochure, age of 15 as a child with a profes-
phone or fax Adrian Hale on sional father. We will be judged
01793 722989 by how far we have laid the foun-
dations for combining sustainable
growth with a fairer society.
These are the tasks for the re-
maining years of the Parliament.
We have made a good start, but we
know that is only a start. Now we
are redoubling our efforts to do
the rest.
Michael Wills can be contacted at the
Pinehurst People's Centre, Olive
Grove, Swindon. Tel: 481016.