Wycombe Liberal Democrats

The campaign for Wycombe District Council is hotting up. Your Liberal Democrat candidates have been out and about meeting voters throughout the district, hearing your views and feedback and listening to your concerns. We have been encouraged by the welcome we have received from many of you and we thank you for your support.

Wycombe Liberal Democrats are determined to campaign honestly, and were therefore dismayed to read a leaflet Labour have been distributing which falsely suggests that the Liberal Democrats are soft on crime. We would like to make it clear that Liberal Democrats take the issue of public safety and crime very seriously. Liberal Democrats already run many councils across the UK, and have been very successful at reducing crime:

• Robbery increased by over 29% in Conservative-run Richmond between 2002 and 2005, whilst next door in Lib Dem Kingston, robbery decreased by almost 16% over the same period
• Between 2002 and 2004, when Labour were controlling Newcastle City Council, motor vehicle crime rose by 14%. Between 2004 and 2006, with the Lib Dems in control, vehicle crime fell by 11%
• Between 2002 and 2004, when Labour were controlling Newcastle City Council, violent crime rose by 54%. Between 2004 and 2006, with the Lib Dems in control, violent crime fell by 12%
• Between 2001 and 2004, Labour-run Manchester saw burglary increase by 6%, while Liberal Democrat-run Liverpool saw burglary decrease by over 20%
• Lib Dem-run Islington saw a drop in robbery of over 25% between 2002 and 2005, whilst Labour-run Brent saw an increase of over 16%

We say the results speak for themselves – people are sick to death of spin and sound-bites. While the other parties talk, Liberal Democrat councils are delivering safer communities.