Senior Lib Dem Councillors are set to opt for a PAY CUT to put more money into local services. This is despite the Independent body that recommends the levels of allowances proposing a big rise in allowances this year.
Record 30% Share of Vote In Local Elections
The Liberal Democrats are celebrating winning control of Shepway Council and sweeping gains across the whole area. The new composition of Shepway Council following the 1st May elections is Liberal Democrat 29, Conservative 16, Labour 1.
Lib Dem campaigners Gill Jenkins and Janet Andrews are urging people to use their local Post Offices.
It has been revealed that Tory run Shepway District Council has more meetings than any other Council in Kent. In fact the Council has as many meetings as three other local authorities put together!
The local Labour Party has only been able to field just 21 candidates to fight the 46 seats on Shepway Council. Both the Lib Dems and the Tories are fighting every seat.
Lib Dem Peter Carroll has launched a county wide campaign to change the way Kent is policed. Currently Kent Police uses a system called 'intelligence led' policing which leads to very few officers actually being on patrol.
Council Tax for local residents is going up by over 15% this year. This latest tax rise by the Conservative run local Councils mean Band D residents will see their bill rise over the £1000 mark.
Local Lib Dems have launched their campaign to win control of Shepway Council on 1st May.
" Whatever were our anxieties about the justification for war, now that military action in Iraq has begun, we all hope and pray that it can be concluded as swiftly as possible with minimal casualties. My thoughts are particularly with our British service personnel in the Gulf and their families at home. I know that we, as a country, will unite in supporting them."
More needs to be done to attract new jobs, shops and leisure facilities to Folkestone say local Lib Dems. Folkestone's Town Centre has never been in a worse state according to many local residents.
Local Lib Dems are pledging to improve recycling across the Folkestone and Hawkinge area if elected to run Shepway Council in May. They believe the Conservative run Council has not done enough to provide a decent service to local people.
