A Labour Council will:

·        protect the most vulnerable members of the community while avoiding excessive increases in council tax;

·        work with schools to ensure the next generation of children in Oxfordshire reach their full potential;

·        recruit more social workers and provide better training for social workers and their managers in order to protect the county’s most vulnerable children;

·        extend the opening hours of more youth centres in order to get more young people involved in positive activities;

·        conduct a comprehensive review of how the youth service works with partners at local level;

·         support sensible development to meet local housing needs (e.g. the provision of new housing on the southern edge of Oxford);

·        fund social care properly;

·        fund additional care home places;

·        fund more respite beds to give carers a break;

·        defend provision of practical home support (help with shopping, cleaning, etc);

·        provide substantial additional funding for bus services;

·        employ a dedicated cycling officer.

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