County Council Success

·      CONSERVATIVE HAMPSHIRE RATED TOP COUNTY COUNCIL BY AUDIT COMMISSION

           Council tax increased by only 1.9% for the next two years

·         Lead in children’s care. Provided expert help in Haringay after “Baby P” failure

·         BEST COUNTY COUNCIL IN THE LAND

WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE:

·         Highest Performance

·         Lowest council tax

·         Excellent value for money

DESPITE

LOWEST GOVERNMENT GRANT

·         Introduced 30mph speed reduction programmes for 106 rural villages

·         Refurbished libraries, expanded their services and extended opening hours

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS BY CONSERVATIVES IN HAMPSHIRE

Invested £74m a year maintaining our roads

Provided £2m extra for pothole repairs

Pioneered “20 is Plenty” to improve road safety outside schools

Kept children safe and secure

Expanded and improved special schools

Provided 50 Community Safety Oficers

Provided 10 new nursing care homes

Increased the number of care beds from 873 to 1,436

Pioneered care programme to allow elderly to live at home.

Established award winning Discovery Centres

Supported local communities through Councillor budgets

Led the country in reducing landfill – down to 10%

Produced electricity from waste: enough for 50,000 homes

Increased and improved household waste recycling centres

Amongst the best GCSE results in the country

Saved £50m by refurbishing rather than replacing condemned offices. Halved its carbon footprint and reduced leasing cots by increasing its capacity to provide workspace for double the number of staff