Labour pledges to:
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Freeze Council Tax until 2024 to help residents with the cost of living crisis.
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End the waste of our money on vanity projects like the Marble Arch Mound.
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Develop ‘community hubs’ that offer Council and other essential services, as well as community activities.
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Rethink our city with a ‘Future of Westminster Commission’ to put residents first.
Funding for the Future
- Complete transparency about the Council’s budget and responsibility for cuts
- Find new, fair, sources of revenue and ways to use existing funds for new purposes.
- Cut waste, mismanagement, and Conservative pet projects.
- Campaign for reform to local government funding and additional powers.
Transforming How Westminster Works
- A root and branch reform of Westminster City Council to put residents first.
- Be an open and transparent Council, ending the years of Conservative mismanagement and lack of accountability.
- Give residents a far greater say in how the Council operates.
- Improve conditions for those who work for the Council, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us improve service quality.
- Find new opportunities to design Council services together with users of the service.