CONSERVATIVES HAVE GIVEN FINANCIAL STABILITY TO THE RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
* Council tax frozen
* Council costs reduced by over £1 million in 4 years
* All front line services maintained
* Staff levels slimmed down by 17% with no compulsory redundancies
* Top management cut by 25% and councillors’ allowances frozen for 2 years
* No Icelandic bank fiasco and healthy reserves protected
CONSERVATIVES HAVE PROTECTED THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
* Crime figures 3rd lowest in the UK with initiatives provided by the council’s crime partnership
contributing to Ribble Valley being one of the safest places in the country to live.
* Over £2 million invested in leisure and cultural activities
* Over £3miilion grants provided to voluntary and charitable organisations in the borough
* 3 stream waste collection introduced and recycling rates up from 18% to 42%
* Weekly refuse collection maintained.
* 100 new dog bins introduced and successful prosecutions for pavement fouling
CONSERVATIVES HAVE PLANNED HOUSING PROVISION FOR ALL
Ribble Valley Conservatives see housing provision as a top priority with particular help with affordable starter homes for the young and more sheltered accommodation for the elderly
* 180 affordable new properties provided in the last 4 years
* Over £500,000 invested in affordable private rented accommodation through grant incentive
* 130 grants provided to make major adaptions in homes for the disabled
CONSERVATIVES HAVE A CLEAR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
* We continue our prudent financial management , keep down council taxes but ensure maximum service levels for our residents.
*We will seek co-operation with other authorities to maintain services and control costs.
* We will plan for long term infrastucture investment, job creation and business expansion in cooperation with local business ,voluntary sector and the Town Teams in Clitheroe and Longridge .
* We will complete our root and branch review of our planning policies to ensure that future development will be balanced and proportionate – and our first priority will be to meet the housing needs both of our young and elderly people with more starter homes and residential and sheltered accommodation.
* We will preserve the rural environment of the Ribble Valley .
* We utilise all the new powers contained in the government’s Localism Bill, currently passing through Parliament, to make more decisions locally in the interests of Ribble Valley residents .
*We will take a full part in the proposed Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership to stimulate growth and jobs in the area utilising grants from the government’s Regional Growth Fund .
* We will continue to control and streamline the costs of local democracy .
We inherited the Labour government's financial chaos which they left behind. We have had to play our part in sorting out the country's finances. No elected representative wants to reduce public spending , and in anyway effect adversely the standard of living of the public . However this is the task with which we have been left and will not shirk from making difficult decisions.
''We were told by Gordon Brown that he could end 'boom and bust' Ed Milliband and Ed Balls were his main advisors when he failed to regulate the banks , borrowed and spent money which the British taxpayer could not afford. We have a financial crisis and owe £1 trillion pounds Every baby born today inherits £50,000 of Labour’s debt. The annual budget deficit costs £120million a day in interest payments, annually more than we spend on schools, education or defence.
Don’t let Labour do to our Council what they have done to our Country.
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