For too long, Labour’s stranglehold on Clifton and Pendlebury has been taken for granted. How many times have you heard “I do not vote because it won’t make a difference” or “I never vote, Labour always get in around here”? Well, this is not true any more - last year we gained more seats than any other Party in Salford. With your support, the days of Labour being able to take Clifton and Pendlebury for granted will soon be gone.
In Salford we have an excellent team of Conservative Councillors and Jillian will be a valuable addition to our team. She is already involved with the Council as an independent member of the Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee and as Chair of the Respect & Behaviour Commission.
So if you care about a safer neighbourhood, a good school for your children, the repair and maintenance of our roads and pavements and tackling the financial mismanagement of our City, then do not allow the Labour Party to take you for granted at this by-election.
Just look around and see if Labour are worthy of your vote, or is it time for a change? If so, please give Jillian your vote!
A Message from local Conservative campaigner Jillian Collinson:
Local residents in Clifton and Pendlebury - and across Salford - have been let down and taken from granted by the Labour Council.
Millions of pounds of your money have been wasted on the failed congestion charge. Labour’s response to these difficult economic times is to spend more money on glossy magazines. Tens of thousands of pounds were spent subsidising an ice rink.
Local residents are paying more and more in Council Tax but the Labour Council is not listening and does not deliver on basic services like fixing our broken roads and clearing littering hot-spots.
That’s why last month, the Cosnervatives on Salford City Council called a motion of no-confidence in the Labour leadership of the Council - which was not supported by Swinton and Pendlebury Liberal Democrats.
Residents in Clifton and Pendlebury deserve better - it’s time for a change!
Local residents in Clifton and Pendlebury will face another year of rising bills after Salford’s Labour Council pushed through yet another increase in Council Tax. Salford’s Council Tax has now risen by a shocking 86% since 1997.
Conservatives proposed a freeze on Council Tax but this was rejected by Labour Councillors and not supported by the Liberal Democrats.
Conservatives recognise that in the current economic climate many local residents are struggling with their bills, and believe that the Council should do everything it can to reduce the burden on hard-working taxpayers in Clifton & Pendlebury. A Conservative-run Council would:
- Freeze Council Tax
- Scrap unnecessary Council expenditure, such as Labour’s glossy propaganda magazines.
- Freeze Councillor allowances and slash the number of “special allowances” for Councillors
- Reduce use of expensive outside consultants
- Prioritise spending in areas of real need, like our neglected highways, the local environment, education and care for older people
Jillian Collinson, Conservative local campaigner, said:
“Local residents in Clifton and Pendlebury are paying too much in Council Tax and yet are still receiving a sub-standard service. These constant rises are hitting residents particularly hard in this period of recession. It’s time we had a change!”
