Labour's 2022 South Cambs District Council manifesto. Version for SE Cambs CLP web site-compressed

Labour’s SCDC manifesto 2022 Page 5
Co-operating across South Cambridgeshire
We will always remember that the Council
is there to serve local residents. We know it
isn’t possible to please everyone all of the
time, but we believe that the Council must
do better than its present performance.
We will build on the values of the
Co-operative Movement to help us to
listen to what residents want, to build trust
and to benefit every town and village.
Labour will work with community
organisations to aid volunteering, providing
funding and supporting events. Labour will
deliver high quality essential services in the
face of Government cuts.
We’ll support local businesses, through a
new Economic Recovery Officer, and work
to keep our village high streets accessible
and lively to attract shoppers.
The planning process must be more cooperative
and welcome local knowledge.
We’ll set up a water management review
involving local groups and experts. The
council must play its part in ending overextraction
and sewage overflow.
Thanks to a Labour initiative there’s now a
Cultural Strategy process. We will make
sure South Cambs is a welcoming place
with something for everyone.
A Labour Council will:
★ Work with Parish and Town Councils to
create a Parish Forum as a trusted
partnership. The Forum will share good
ideas, influence to improve residents’
lives, and co-ordinate environmental
stewardship across South Cambs.
★ Explore ways to put community assets
under the control of local people through
the use of Community Land Trusts.
★ Increase engagement in consultations.
There will be better publicity. More ways
to take part to suit people’s preferences.
And fewer closed questions.
★ Strengthen the network of Community
Centres to deliver a broad range of
clubs, sports, leisure activities and
entertainment for all ages. Involve
disadvantaged groups.
★ Promote physical activity: children’s play
apparatus and outdoor gym equipment.
★ Communicate the work of the Council
including a monthly briefing for Parishes.
Make sure that schemes that the Council
funds are clearly identified as such.
★ Tackle the growing problems of
loneliness and isolation through
outreach work with a focus on new
communities e,g, Cambourne,
Northstowe, Waterbeach New Town.
★ Help stop fly-tipping with Community
Skip Days. Prosecute rubbish dumpers.
★ Monitor air quality by major roads and
schools (today, just three locations are
monitored). Find mitigations for plans
such as for the Waterbeach New Town
School being built next to the A10.
★ Provide training for councillors on
support services to help with their case
work and to comply with anti-corruption
and data protection legislation.