Making it happen in Buckinghamshire

'Making it happen in Buckinghamshire' is the theme of our manifesto for the forthcoming County Council elections in June 2009. Listed below are the key headline issues at the heart of the Liberal Democrat campaign throughout the county and especially in the Chiltern area.

Bucks Children Deserve Better Education

Support parental preference for schools

Ensure every child is educated to their full potential

Provide better adult education

Bucks Deserves Better Transport

Improve rural bus networks to ensure buses run where and when people need them

Redress years of under investment in road repairs and maintenance so improving road safety

Bucks Youths Deserve Better

Increase the number of youth clubs and ensure that they are open longer

Provide more youth outreach workers

Bucks Pensioners Deserve Better

Reduced fear of crime with better community safety initiatives

Help people to live in their own homes as long as possible

Bucks Villages Deserve Better

Keep heavy lorries out of our villages

Review speed restrictions in our villages

Protect local service provision - mobile libraries / local post offices

Bucks Environment Deserves Better

Protect existing green spaces from development and ensure new housing developments have appropriate green space allocations

Increase recycling capacity to at least 50% with amnesty days for large item disposal