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Lambeth Liberal Democrats Broken Promises
You simply cannot trust Lambeth's Liberal Democrats. LambethLabour.com has put together a report on their broken promises. Compare their Manifesto pledges with what they've done in power since May 2002.

2002 Manifesto Pledge
The Reality
1. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised“We will keep council tax as low as possible.” 1. They increased it by 35%
2. “We will consult residents on the level of Council Tax.” 2. They consulted nobody but themselves on these huge council tax increases.
3. “We will ensure there is a better and more responsive complaints system so that grievances are dealt with.” 3. Complaint response times have not improved. In May 2002 57% of complaints were responded to within corporate target times. In June 2004 that figure was still at 57%.
4. “Lambeth needs to ensure there is a real consultation with tenants on how Lambeth’s Housing is managed. “ 4. They closed housing offices and cut back services against the wishes of tenants and leaseholders and with only a sham consultation that included council officers filling in forms on tenants behalf.
5. “We will press for the Mayor of London to remove the charge for residents living in his proposed Congestion Charging Zone” 5. Simon Hughes made no mention of removing the congestion charge for residents inside the zone during his failed mayoral campaign
6. “Liberal Democrats will cut the cost of visitors permits in CPZ’s” 6. They increased visitor parking permits by 75%.
7. Lambeth Liberal Democrats said“We will consider providing [elderly] residents with a small laminated card to use behind their front doors with the telephone numbers and contacts of the utility companies clearly marked so they can challenge any callers.”

7. They may have considered it, but no action was taken to implement this scheme.
8. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised “We will provide a housing benefit service that works by sacking Capita altogether and by running the housing benefit service in house.” 8. They closed housing offices and cut back services against the wishes of tenants and leaseholders and with only a sham consultation that included council officers filling in forms on tenants behalf.
9. Lambeth Liberal Democrats said “We will give value for money by cutting waste” 9. They wasted money on :
  • £26 million on luxury new riverside offices for themselves and their staff
  • £700,000 on comfy chairs and other furniture to kit out their new office block
  • £350,000 to pay off their own chief executive when they sacked her because their policies don’t work
  • £7 million to hire expensive consultants to help them cut back services
  • £4250 a week for a social services consultant after they drove the previous Director out of her job
  • They put their own pay up by 30% as soon as they were elected and created new job titles for their councillors so they could pay them even more.
10. “Put residents and users of council services first, listening to what you think is needed rather than allowing bureaucrats to decide what residents should get.” 10. The Lambeth Opportunities Fund, which distributed £15 million of council tax payers money, did not have any external consultation whatsoever. Only Council Officers were invited to submit bids to the fund.
11. “We will work to expand secondary school provision.” 11. It took them two years to name a site for the new city academy in Brixton and when they did it was half the size of that expected by local parents.
12. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised to “encourage an Increase in the provision of day centres for pensioners.” Council officers confirm there has been no increase in the provision of day centres.
13. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised they would “introduce a scheme to ensure that older homeowners can have basic repairs carried out to their homes by builders with a guaranteed reputation.” There is no basic repair scheme. The Home Improvement Agency (HIA) does provide grants, but this is not the basic repair scheme which was promised.
14. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised to “provide assistance to carers … by increasing direct payments.” Council officers confirm that not one single carer receives more in direct payments now than they did in May 2002
15. Council officers confirm that not one single carer receives more in direct payments now than they did in May 2002 Only elderly people receiving a care package have their homes checked and the HIA also carry out some checks on others. But there is no organised scheme for checking homes as promised.
16. Lambeth Liberal Democrats promised to “Introduce a scheme of free electric blanket checks.” No scheme has been introduced

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