Labour Party: Labour launches 2011 local election campaign

AVERAGE FAMILY TO LOSE £182 BECAUSE OF TORY CUTS

Conservative Government cuts you more. Labour councils cost you less

The Labour Party launches its 2011 local election campaign with a pledge to be people’s voice in tough times, alongside new research which shows the Tory-led Government’s cuts to local authorities will hit the average two adult household with children by £182 in 2011/12. 

Tory-led Government cuts to funding to local authorities mean that in 2011/12 the Revenue Spending Power (RSP) of local authorities will fall by £2,480,900,000.

The population in England is 51,809,000.

The average cut per person this year is £47.88.

The cut for the average two adult household with children is £182.

Meanwhile, analysis of local authority council tax charges for 2011/12 shows that Labour councils charge council taxpayers on average £207 less than Tory councils and £40 less than Lib Dem councils.

As the cuts made in Downing Street begin to bite in streets and communities Labour councillors will tomorrow pledge to speak up for their local areas against the Tory-led Government’s unfair policies. 

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said:

“Labour launches our election campaign with a clear pledge to people across the country: we will be your voice in tough times. 

“Cuts designed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg are coming direct from Downing Street to your street. Families in every part of the country will be hit by these unfair cuts. 

“Areas with the greatest need are being asked to bear the greatest burden. The worst off areas are being hit the hardest while the average family will be hit much harder than people in David Cameron’s constituency. 

“Labour will be your community’s first line of defence against the damage being done by a Conservative-led Government and their Liberal Democrat allies.

“Labour’s record is clear: Labour councils cost you less, with council tax bills on average £207 lower than Tory authorities."

• Labour has produced a local elections document - ‘Labour: Your voice in tough times’ – which sets out the case for voting Labour on May 5th. To read a copy click here

• To see the full list of Revenue Spending Power reductions per head of population by local authority click here