Ealing Conservatives focus on 'crime and grime'

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Local manifesto pledges a leaner council and better quality of life

A new Conservative administration will focus on tackling �crime and grime� in Ealing as well as delivering high quality services at an affordable cost. In launching the manifesto for the May 2006 Council elections, Leader of the Opposition, Cllr Jason Stacey , said Ealing was a great place to live but that too often residents' lives were blighted by crime, graffiti, flytipping and poor street cleaning.

He said, �In canvassing residents we are consistently told that people are unhappy with the value they get from Council tax. Conservatives are therefore pledged to run a leaner Council that limits Council tax rises, but also a Council that prioritises resources into environmental issues that affect everyone.�

 

The 26 page manifesto pledges a Conservative administration in Ealing to:

 

• Oppose the deeply unpopular and unworkable west London tram.
• Stop Labour's runaway Council tax rises.
• Boost recycling by replacing the unpopular charge on garden waste bags with a scheme that is free at the point of use.
• Remove all graffiti and flytipping on publicly owned property within 24 hours.
• Extend the street warden scheme (currently limited to Southall), borough wide in order to tackle some of the enviro-crime that blights so many residents' lives.

• Introduce a �Showcase Streets' programme � ultimately to cover every street in the borough. This will include up graded street lighting, �crack free' pavements, new road surfaces, properly pruned trees, mowed open spaces and well maintained, weed free flower beds.

Cllr Stacey said the Conservatives were offering a positive vision of change for Ealing. He said, �After twelve years of Labour people are crying out for change, and this manifesto sets out what people can expect from the new Conservative administration after May.�

April 29, 2006