Cllr Marina Strinkovsky

Cabinet member for Placemaking and Planning in Swindon

[Adele Barnett-Ward @Adele_BW]

A lot of brand-new councillors who are going to get quite the shock when their rhetoric crashes into the reality of local government finance and delivery. Good luck to them, and I hope they make good choices.

[Oliver Ryan MP @OliverRyanUK]

Reform now have 9 months to deliver what they promised for Lancashire County Council:

- No Council Tax rises.
- No Cuts.
- Zero Council Debt.
- No potholes.
- No officers paid over 100k.
- More money for all.

Why do I get the feeling this is like Brexit promises all over again?

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

English town destined to be a "vibrant shopping hub" with a £100million boost https://t.co/iu8PHaeh7S

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

*it! Damn autocorrect

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

Or was really interesting, I learned a great deal.

[Jim Robbins @jimrobbins]

Had an outstanding session at Swindon Borough Council with @AdviserCare - Mark Riddell MBE -the National Adviser for Care Leavers today with Cabinet, the Shadow Lead and officers.

He was great, really passionate and thoughtful and will really help us improve our offer!

[Jim Robbins @jimrobbins]

See that Reform Uk are keen to screw farmers over again. Lowering food standards now after screwing them with Brexit.

[Fay Howard 🇺🇦 @FayHoward67]

Free Wednesday evening?
Get yourself along to central library to talk skills for Swindon! https://t.co/XPlgIWQdTJ

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

@Layo_FH David Runciman. I'm more or less addicted.

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

@gsum66 @jimrobbins @yourbenpraters @BBCWiltshire Finishing is an odd feature of big projects to downplay, I feel.

[Tom Hayes MP @TomHayesBmouth]

Brilliant conversations in Bristol today. Lots of support for @helengt76 and @KerryMP. Great to be out campaigning with @RuthCadbury 🌹

[Claire Hazelgrove MP @CHazelgroveMP]

Huge teams listening to people in Bradley Stoke all day! Lots of support for Helen Godwin for Mayor.

Thanks to all who spoke with us and joined our fab local team, inc MPs @jamesmurray_ldn @RhonddaBryant @CPJElmore @deirdrecostigan @CatherineFookes @livbailey & NEC member @anuox

[Swindon Town Football Club @Official_STFC]

Swindon Town were proud to support @lpftweets's Unite for Access campaign for our fixture against Cheltenham yesterday.

@stfcdlo | #UniteForAccess | #ForDisabledSportsFans

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

@portraitinflesh That's a very nice way of putting it - more generous than I typically get on social media 😁

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

Cool!

[Swindon Advertiser @swindonadver]

The town centre takeaway and bar set to open within weeks https://t.co/wtskNBjSpb

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

This Labour government is bringing the NHS back into democratic control, cutting red tape and giving more resources to the frontline.

That means better care for patients and better value for taxpayers.

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

Labour is delivering for working people in Swindon. A huge boost to the minimum wage, and better rights on sick pay and banning exploitative zero hours contracts and fire and rehire. Change has begun! 🌹

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

Cost of everything, value of nothing. But not even that - because the cost of fixing the roof when the sun was shining is lower than replacing the whole top floor in a hurricane, which you would *think* is something even market fundamentalists can grasp.

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

It'll never stop amazing me that the "pro market" party is so bad at basic investment math. Yes, it would cost less to slap a short term fix to the barest minimum standard than it will to future proof the housing stock to avoid longer term problems 🙄https://t.co/IyWNB5aLpG

[Cllr Marina Strinkovsky @strinkovsky]

If they'd done their job properly over the last 20 years instead of letting the housing stock degrade to the point of near-unliveability, this would be a cheaper situation to resolve. But they genuinely do not understand the concept of investing to save.

[New Local @wearenewlocal]

“Decline is not inevitable; many town centres continue to flourish, and, with the right partners and approach, yours can too.”

@RowennaDavis explores why some town centres thrive while others decline - and what councils can do to turn the tide.

https://t.co/WKF1oTkyPI