Our manifesto won’t make promises we can’t keep, but will set out a credible plan – for fixing the finances, getting the basics like bin collection back on track, putting more police officers on Wandsworth’s streets, giving more renters the chance to own, and more.
Tower Hamlets has presided over waste, gross misconduct, and financial mismanagement for too long. Residents deserve a councillor who will scrutinise decisions properly and hold the council to account.
When I hear on the doors that residents feel let down by consecutive Labour administrations, the Conservative principles upon which we campaign become more apparent.
Even if in the worst case scenario, you come last, you will still gain an invaluable experience, and you will still ensure that the people of Britain have a choice in their elections.
While residents worry about bills, crime, and public services, the Lib Dems are focused on virtue-signalling and box-ticking.
Councils have, with one or two exceptions, an appalling record on building new homes. Labour-run Westminster City Council all but eliminated intermediate housing for young professionals so that they could build more homes for those trapped on welfare.
Enforcement bodies and trading standards report that most UK residents live within minutes of illicit tobacco sources.
I want to rebuild financial trust and transparency through efficient management and reducing wasteful spending. Just one example of how I would do this is by selling of Newham Dockside, the Council Building that Labour spent £111 million on, yet stands practically empty.
Councils do not succeed by managing procedure alone; they need leaders prepared to lead.
Value for money is a test of competence. Westminster Labour have failed that test.
We have seen mismanagement by the Labour-led council administration with the collusion of the official opposition by the Lib Dems.
We must regain councils like Westminster and Wandsworth before Labour can do any more damage than they have already achieved in the short time they’ve been running them.
How should we balance member voice with the practical reality that many wards have very small memberships?
We should also be honest about the precedent such actions set. If one tier of government can have its elections cancelled for administrative convenience, why not another?
Rather than Cabinet members answering their own questions when challenged at council we have meeting after meeting of councillors just reading officer replies.