- If Labour win just another 4 seats we will have the privilidge and responsibility of taking control of Walsall Council. Our policy is very clear.


- We would address the inequalities of distribution of resources over the Borough to make this much fairer. The much worse health record in areas such as ours must be reduced.

- The cuts to our services and support to the vulnerable are severe and we will look very carefully at how the reduced budgets can be used as effectively as possible . Aiming for properly joined up services ,sharing efficiciently management costs. A root and branch examination of current contracts will reveal better value for the spend of public money.

- We will establish a much more powerful and independent audit committee of the Council to check the spend of your money.

We will introduce a by law that all scrap wagons will have to display a licence plate as do taxis. This will ensure that those who wish to operate a scrap wagon will have to go before a licensing committee who will issue such a licence if they are agreed they will operate according to the law and for example not run their business from their home residential address.

We will look quickly and carefully at cases where due to the introduction of benefit based charging, some serious hardships have happened. these need to be looked at in greater detail to see where we could help.  we shall expand the welfare rights service who will ensure those very vulnerable people receive maximum support.
Cllr Ian Robertson
The fact that this Council receive more in parking fines than from parking ticket revenue reinforces the message from those who run businesses in walsall that high initial parking charges are hurting this Town and driving visitors away. We will look at how we can introduce a free first 1/2 hour or so to atract them back.
We will promote community enterprise and a strong and fully appreciated voluntary sector.

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