City Tories to launch manifesto
THE Cardiff Conservatives will next week officially launch the manifesto they hope will get them more votes than ever before.
The manifesto pledges. They are:
Building a thriving economy and creating new jobs
Revising Labour’s proposed destruction of our green open spaces
Keeping council taxes low and modernising the council
Building affordable housing to buy or rent
Raising schools’ achievement match the best in the UK
Improving the standards roads and pavements
Making Cardiff a cleaner capital city includes eight to of our of which we can all be proud
Social services provision makes a difference A safe and secure city The Tories say they will “deliver the City Deal” and will work to rebuild “trust and respect” with Cardiff’s business community.
The group wants to support development in the city centre but also help outlying communities “receive investment”.
It also wants to work with the city’s universities to “ensure that the key work they do connects effectively with the city’s economic and job creations strategy”.
The group says Labour’s plans are to “concrete over our last remaining green open spaces” and it wants to use the annual review of the Local Development Plan to “review and where necessary amend” it. which
Any new development must not damage communities and “cause traffic gridlock”. One priority listed is to make sure existing communities do not “suffer from traffic pressure”.
“It will be important to ensure all former industrial and commercial land suitable for housing is considered before the building on our green fields moves ahead,” it adds.
The manifesto states: “Conservatives believe in investing in local services by using taxpayers’ money wisely and eliminating waste and inefficiency. We think there are huge efficiencies which the council can make but which Labour has ignored.”
They say they will “identify alternative service delivery models” to deliver improved services and/or lower costs.
A “help to purchase” scheme is the Tory idea to help reduce the numbers of people waiting for a home in the city. The manifesto also says empty properties have to be brought back into use.
“We will prioritise initiatives to encourage the transition of these properties into homes for families once again.”