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People in Southampton live safe, healthy, independent Lives Our Top Priorities: Labour will complete its current citywide programme of fitting sprinklers to all council high-rise blocks Labour will increase investment in advice services for those most impacted by the Government’s benefit changes Labour will sign up to UNISON’s Ethical Care and Residential Care Charters ending 15-minute care visits and providing care workers with paid travel time Labour will explore opportunities for ensuring subsidised bus pass provision for women denied by Government fair access to their pensions as highlighted by the campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) Labour will ensure that Southampton remains a welcoming city to our many diverse communities and adopt a zero tolerance approach to hate crime by promoting a third party reporting scheme Other Key Commitments: Labour will work with the local NHS to redevelop and expand services at the Western Hospital and the RSH – including extra care/ key worker housing Labour will take further action on preventing the City’s unacceptably high suicide rate linked to action on mental health stigma and discrimination; we will also develop an integrated model for supported housing (Housing First) that addresses problems for people with drug and alcohol dependency Labour will implement in full recommendations of the scrutiny inquiry looking at drug-related litter in parts of the City Labour will tackle the increasing problems associated with off-road motor cycle riding in a number of Southampton neighbourhoods 8 | P a g e
Better Health and Social Care Councils will see their grant funding from the Tory-led government reduce by a staggering £16 billion between 2010 and 2020. Councils face a funding gap of £5.8 billion by 2020, with at least £1 billion of this related to adult social care. The consequences of chronic underfunding in social care has created an increasingly insecure provider market, growing unmet need, further strain on informal carers, less investment in prevention, continued pressure on a care workforce at breaking point, meaning that social care will struggle to reduce pressure on the NHS. The City Council under Labour has done its utmost to protect vulnerable adults, and despite crippling cutbacks, the City Council in 2016/17 was able to provide longterm care to 2,780 adult social care clients (costing around £61 million) including: 1,470 people with physical disability/mobility support needs/ sensory impairment (£25.5 million) 580 people with learning disabilities (£21.5 million) 315 people with memory or cognition support needs/dementia (£10 million) 350 people with mental health issues (£4.25 million) Looking ahead, Labour plans to consult widely with disabled people and their organisations, carers and service users about the Government’s much-delayed proposals for long term funding for adult social care which is now expected in a ‘Green Paper’ in Summer 2018. We will use our public health budget to reduce the number of people admitted to hospital from preventable conditions and continue to reduce the number of delayed transfers of care, working with valued partners in NHS. At a community and neighbourhood level, Labour work with our local NHS to establish integrated primary care hubs in Shirley and Bitterne. Safer Communities Since the Tories came to power, our police service has seen big cuts in frontline staff. Hampshire’s police are dangerously understaffed, overworked and overstretched and communities are becoming less safe as a result. Between 2012 and 2016, Hampshire Constabulary lost almost 1,000 police staff including 551 frontline officers. Hampshire Police have been forced to cut £82 million (24%) from their annual budget since 2010 with a further £25 million demanded by the government over the next four years. As a direct result, crime has started to rise. In 2016/17 Southampton police recorded 30,728 crimes – a significant increase on the previous year. Southampton, along with Portsmouth, have the highest recorded crime rate amongst its 15 comparator areas with 120 crimes per 1,000 population, compared to 73 for England. Labour in Southampton will make best use of its position on the Hampshire & Isle of Wight police and crime panel to help secure a fairer share of the financial resources from Government for the county’s police force whilst also pressing home the case for more action in Southampton on neighbourhood crime, road safety, antisocial behaviour and youth programmes. 9 | P a g e
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