The Conservative council leader, Cllr David Burbage reports
All out local elections are on May 5 in Windsor and Maidenhead, and the record of the Conservative Council is under scrutiny from opposition and the press. We are a unitary council with 57 seats – currently 37 Conservative, 15 LibDem and 5 other independents. We are running a full slate, but neither the LibDems nor Labour have managed to match this.
Our website has been updated to promote our manifesto and give information about the local track record since 2007.
Happily, our national status as a vanguard authority for the Big Society and for financial acumen (having twice cut council tax, last year by a record 4%) has put us in good stead with the local electorate, as has our fulfilment of all 53 of our 2007 manifesto pledges. On the doorstep, our efforts have been noticed.
Our 2011 manifesto has been published and features an even greater number of pledges than in 2007.
These include our 5 key pledges:
and a whole host more including:
Finally, in the back of the manifesto is a set of principles which underpin what we think “good” looks like in running our authority, such as: