Conservative councillors take sides, as the end of Council meeting descends into CHAOS over a motion asking Leader to explain the Conservative majority group decision made in private not to bring the Local Plan before Full Council for debate, and the cancellation of January's Extraordinary Meeting.
At a full meeting of Horsham District Council on Wednesday, 22 February, Lib Dems secured two important amendments to the District’s 2023/24 budget. These amendments secured cross-party support amidst the continuing chaos between the Conservative Cabinet and Conservative backbenchers.
The Horsham Lib Dem Group on Horsham District Council will be proposing an amendment tonight to HDC’s 2023/24 budget, to provide more Council Tax relief to those most in need and to fund a new Community Safety Officer to divert at-risk younger teenagers from future criminal behaviour.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for care workers in West Sussex and across England, to tackle chronic staff shortages in social care, as latest figures reveal West Sussex has 3,145 job vacancies in the social care sector.
Analysis of new Home Office statistics commissioned by the Liberal Democrats from the House of Commons Library has shown the number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on the streets has fallen dramatically by 27.8% since 2015.
Liberal Democrat councillors at WSCC have welcomed the allocation of more money for highway maintenance after their proposal to do this a year ago. However, they warned that with no promise of increased funding beyond this year that this could be nothing more than cynical electioneering by Conservatives with one eye on the May elections.
