SLOUGH Labour pledges to get the town back on a “manageable financial footing” and fix its money crisis.

Residents will be having their say at the polls on Thursday, May 5, on who will be representing them until next year when the council swaps to all-out elections from 2023.

This will be the first election with Slough Borough Council’s £760m borrowing debt and £479m black hole on show. The council is also needing to make £20m of savings a year until 2028/29.

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The ruling Slough Labour Group have launched its manifesto and promises to fix the town’s financial woes by balancing future budgets but continue to ‘best value’ and ‘best quality’ services the council can afford.

Cllr Rob Anderson, lead member for finance and Labour candidate for Britwell and Northborough, said: “Hard work during the year is putting Slough back on a manageable financial footing which should see us balance our forward budget and continue to provide residents best value service.”

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Other pledges within its 12-point plan until 2023 include working to reduce inequality and poverty, improve neighbourhood safety, recruit more staff and reduce time taken to answer calls to the council, improve WiFi connectivity in the town centre and for tenants living in social housing, create new cycleways and improve walking routes, and improve services for young people and SEND services.

Labour Group and council leader James Swindlehurst said: “This weekend we set out our pledges for the coming year. If re-elected in May, Labour councillors will deliver a programme of positive impacts for the residents of slough; reducing inequality and maintaining green spaces and a safer community; as well as tackling anti-social behaviour and environmental crime.”