Why you should vote Liberal Democrat

3:07pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

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OUR district is special and offers a unique diversity and quality of life. We will maintain that special character and resist inappropriate development in our city, town and villages.

Liberal Democrats will:

• Keep any council tax rises below RPI inflation through efficiencies while maintaining high quality services. The Audit Commission rated our council in 2008 as one of the best performing districts.

• Fight for our communities: resisting invasion of the Green Belt to meet Government housing and gypsy site totals, demanding the county council mends our roads and campaigning for increased school and hospital provision.

• Protect the environment: recycling more to achieve our 50 per cent household waste target by 2010, reducing the council's carbon footprint by a quarter in five years and the district's by 60 per cent by 2025 and implementing green travel projects.

• Require one affordable home for every three built to help particularly key workers and young people remain locally.

• Expand St Albans' cultural facilities and tourism with an appropriate cinema, new Westminster Lodge, exhibition gallery and annual festival.

• Combat street crime by replacing recorded CCTV with live CCTV in our villages/centres.

• Provide more leisure opportunities for our youth and elderly and reduce inequalities in deprivation areas.

Robert Donald