How we will fund fixing Southwark

We know these are challenging times for public finances, but properly funding the services that communities deserve is not up for negotiation. As well as lobbying the Government for real fair funding for local councils, Liberal Democrats would:

• Use the millions of accrued funding from lucrative private development to deliver strategic upgrades to infrastructure and facilities across the borough such as youth clubs, parks and one-stop-shops
• Make sure that the hard-won Tourist Tax can be raised and spent in Southwark  
• Make better use of the council’s commercial properties and opportunities  
• Slash the millions Labour are spending on external consultants and town-hall indulgences such as ending taxpayer funded parties for council leaders, swanky events, and pointless reports
• Manage taxpayers’ money better by not spending millions on refurbishing buildings like Maydew House that are then knocked down
• Make savings and raise revenue as by-products of other policy and transformation projects – such as a new SEND school
• We would make sure that future local plans deliver on our commitments, so that when our borough grows, existing and new local communities are genuinely benefitting.