Lib Dems reveal manifesto for city council elections in May

The Liberal Democrats have revealed their manifesto for the local elections on May 3.

The party, which holds five seats on the city council, wants to create a “safer, fairer, greener, cleaner and more prosperous Peterborough.” The manifesto includes 10 priorities. These are:

Give residents a greater

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say on what happens in their area

Fight for more resources

• for our city

Tackle fly-tipping, graffiti,

• dog fouling and littering across our city

Protect and enhance

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our environment, reduce waste & tackle climate change

Improve our roads,

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pavements and public transport network

Make Peterborough an

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age friendly city

Work to scrap SATs and

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education league tables

Reduce crime, antisocial

• behaviour and speeding in our city

Tackle Peterborough’s

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homelessness and affordable housing crisis

Protect our pavements

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and grass verges. Liberal Democrat council group leader Cllr Nick Sandford, speaking about the Conservative administration at the city council, said: “Like all councils, Peterborough is having to make savings year after year and they have had some difficult choices to make. “Our argument is that when faced with difficult choices, too often they have made the wrong choices. And often choices that have hit hardest at people who can least afford to pay.”

Labour and UKIP have • also released manifestos which were covered by the PT at th etime they were launched. The Conservatives have not issued a full manifesto but their campaign outleaflet is summarised above left. The Peterborough Telegraph will cover other parties’ manifestos when released.