Cornwall Manifesto

 

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Our Fair Deal Top 12


 

  1. We will provide “10p first hour” parking (which we pioneered in Caradon) across at least one car park in every Cornish town and city, to keep our town centres alive and allow local shopkeepers to compete with out of town stores.
  2. We will ensure at least 1200 new energy efficient homes, earmarked for local families and guaranteed affordable in perpetuity, are delivered every year.
  3. We will freeze Councillors’ allowances - at a time when the economy is contracting and people are losing their jobs and savings, Councillors need to tighten their belts too.
  4. We will increase the number of Community Support Officers/Police Liaison Officers in Cornwall - at least one extra for every local Community Network area.
  5. We will, where a village school is at risk through pupil numbers falling to a single class, prioritise ways to keep it open so long as it can meet children’s educational needs.

  6. We will deliver in partnership with the RDA through Convergence funding universal high speed affordable broadband to every household and business in Cornwall by 2013, and very high speed to business parks.
  7. We will hold a rapid review, involving all parties and stakeholders, of the waste strategy to deliver the most environmentally friendly, cost effective and up to date local waste solutions available to Cornwall, including increased re-use and recycling, anaerobic digestion and all other available technologies.
  8. We will make Cornwall the ‘ Green Peninsula’, leading the way nationally in sustainable policy, technology and the way we do our business.
  9. We will continue to increase funding above inflation for adult social services to improve support for elderly people and those with disabilities in Cornwall, and we guarantee to maintain support at home to those with substantive needs in addition to the legal requirement to support critical needs.
  10. We will increase investment in Fire Services in Cornwall, improving the retained cover, and keep full time cover at Camborne and Falmouth.
  11. We will guarantee One Stop Shops providing council services in every market town, answerable to each community through new local Community Networks – a stronger voice in local decisions than ever before at county and local level. We will also provide mobile services for the more remote areas. Council services will come to you, rather than you having to travel long distances to a Council office.
  12. We can now promise to cut your Council Tax in real terms over the next four years, whilst maintaining and improving services. This comes as a direct benefit of creating a single council for Cornwall, which will result in over £70 million pounds worth of savings across the county.

 

This is what we call Our Fair Deal for Cornwall

 
   

Published and promoted by Jeff Muir on behalf of Cornwall Liberal Democrats, at 3 Charles Street, Truro, TR1 2PQ.

 
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