A Fairer Deal for Southampton

• We will keep Council Tax down. We froze Council Tax in 2011 and will freeze it again in 2012.
• We will keep the 10% pensioner Council Tax discount, as pensioners have suffered disproportionately as a result of the big Council Tax increases during the Labour years.
• We will continue to deliver more efficient ways of working at the City Council and protect front line services to local residents. We will build on some already successful partnership working that we have with other councils like Hampshire County Council, the Isle of Wight, Fareham and Eastleigh and where appropriate develop more and deeper joint service arrangements.
• We continue to drive out savings through more effective and joined up purchasing and procurement. We have saved millions of pounds already on larger contracts and will also focus on achieving savings from the £80m of annual council spend on contracts worth less than £100,000.
• We will dispose of council land assets that are not strategically important or generating a good rent for the council and the taxpayer.
• We will make sure that the council is open and transparent about how it spends public money and we have already published details of all council expenditure over £500 on the City Council’s website.

Labour in Southampton are committed to big Council Tax rises for the city and have pledged an extra hike in Council Tax for 8,000 city pensioners. When Labour ran the city last they doubled Council Tax and in their last year of office increased it by 19.5%!

1. Foreword
2. A Fairer Deal for Southampton
3. Economic Growth & Jobs for Southampton
4. Travel, Transport & Highways
5. Leisure, Culture & Heritage
6. Environment
7. Planning & Enforcement
8. Schools & Childrens' Services
9. Older People
10. Housing
11. Community Safety
12. Southampton’s Big Society

 

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