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Hounslow Borough local election manifesto launched - For a fair & green Hounslow12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 10th Apr 2006
Hounslow Liberal Democrats have today launched their manifesto for the 2006 Hounslow Borough council elections which take place on 4 May. The manifesto is titled "For a fair and green Hounslow". As well as 7 easy-to-remember pledges, the manifesto is packed full of innovative new ideas to improve peoples lives in Hounslow. In every section of the manifesto the Lib Dems highlight the Green Action required to reduce Hounslow residents' impact on the local and global environment. The Hounslow Liberal Democrats' headline policy commitments are: 1. Build an open and honest Council 2. Increase the effectiveness of education spending 3. Put policing back in the community 4. Fight for our local health service 5. Rebuild our roads and pavements 6. Defend our green spaces 7. Invest in our young people Andrew Dakers, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson for Brentford & Isleworth and candidate in Brentford ward - one of the Lib Dems' targets to win - said: "This is a radical and progressive manifesto, that offers local residents a real choice at these local elections. We Lib Dems recognise people want to feel safe in our communities and want access to decent, reliable local services. The people of Hounslow want clean and sustainable neighbourhoods and we want fair taxes we can afford to pay. "Unfortunately these simple aspirations are drifting out of reach. Labour and Conservative have spent decades taking power away from local people. We have been denied our right to choose our own policing priorities. Unfair and painful taxes have been imposed. And faceless bureaucrats make decisions about local schools and hospitals they never visit and will never use. "That has to stop. It's time to give power back to people and to our local communities. By putting our policies into practice on the ground all over the UK, Lib Dems are making our country safer, greener and fairer. So if you want to make a difference for our community in Hounslow, vote Liberal Democrat on 4th May." Ray Fincher, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Hounslow Council, commented: "Local government touches the lives of every resident. From nursery education to rubbish collection, councils have a responsibility to ensure that local services are provided in a responsive, efficient and effective manner, in accordance with the needs and wishes of local people. The Local Council elections on Thursday 4 May will decide how local services costing £310 million are run and how they are paid for. "Voters elect 60 councillors to represent the 212,000+ residents of Hounslow on the Council. But in Hounslow, 35 years of Labour control have ensured that local government does not fulfil its responsibilities; real decision-making is remote from local people and conducted in an arrogant manner. So your votes matter. "The people of Hounslow have a clear choice at this election: a choice between four more years of Labour muddle, or the opportunity for a fair and green approach to change Hounslow for all our citizens." Satnam Kaur Khalsa, Lib Dem Spokesperson for Feltham & Heston, and candidate in the target ward of Heston West, added: "As you read this manifesto, you will see that it is different from others. Hounslow Lib Dems do not just offer new ideas and real changes in policy, but also a change in the way in which Hounslow council would operate under a Lib Dem administration. We are not afraid of saying what must be said, nor doing what must be done." NOTES TO EDITORS A summary of some of the most exciting and innovative ideas is below. RADICAL AND PROGRESSIVE IDEAS FOR HOUNSLOW FROM THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS… HONESTY & OPENNESS
EDUCATION
REDUCING CRIME
COMMUNITY HEALTH
TRANSPORT & PLANNING
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
HOUSING & SOCIAL SERVICES
ENTERPRISE & EMPLOYMENT
LIBRARIES, RECREATION, LEISURE & THE ARTS
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