Inner Cities

Conservative & Labour

Liberal Democrats
Conservative hostility to Labour dominated councils has meant that our cities have been starved of resources to regenerate housing, improving education and to fight crime.

Unaccountable quangos have usurped the role of local government, yet have proved too out of touch to make any real impression.

Labour councils in urban areas have failed the people who live in those cities. Party dogma has prevented from encouraging   investment or working with the private sector, to the detriment of our cities.

 

 Liberal Democrats aim to make inner cities good places to live, work and play. To achieve this, we need to empower individual in their communities to take control of their own lives, and encourage diversity and pluralism, with opportunities for all. We propose:
  • Decentralisation of power to the nations and regions of the UK, including a London-wide authority, and the creation of regional development agencies to stimulate regional economic activity.
  • Decentralisation of local authority services, for example though 'one-stop' points of access; and of decision-making, for example through the creation of neighbourhood councils.
  • Investment in training for inner city residents; the establishment of local enterprise Agencies to advise and counsel new businesses.
  • Assistance of the development of coherent local strategies against poverty, including the provision of localised welfare rights offices.
  • Passing control over management of rented housing to tenants.
  • Greater investment in social services, with funding formulate reflecting the higher costs and needs faced by inner city areas.
  • Resources for maintaining and enhancing parks, gardens, city forests and green or open spaces for recreational use..

 

In the city

Facts & Figures.

  • Ten of the largest urban councils controlled by Labour for most of the 1980's and 1990's have a collective debt of over 8.5 billion pounds.

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