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New Cabinet launches 100 day plan

Plymouth City Council’s new leader, Councillor Nick Kelly, says his administration has already started delivering its priorities for the city as it launches a plan for what will be achieved during its first 100 days.

Councillor Kelly chaired the Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday (8 June) that agreed a new Corporate Plan setting out the authority’s priorities, values and focus, as well as a plan for how 22 of the administration’s 86 commitments for the city will be delivered during its first 100 days.

These include commitments to scrap a £15 charge to residents for delivering new bins, to scrap charges for disposing of soil and rubble at Chelson Meadow, to extend the green garden waste collection period and to end the need to register for the service each year.

The new administration will also implement measures to listen to residents more by increasing consultation with local communities, to help more people benefit from Plymouth’s coastal waters, to increase enforcement against anti-social behaviour and to introduce more CCTV to deter crime.

It has already been agreed to reduce costs of city councillors by removing some of the additional allowances introduced in 2018 and reduced the number of Cabinet positions, saving the taxpayer in excess of £45,000 a year.

Councillor Kelly said: “As a new administration we are very ambitious for Plymouth and its residents. The challenges we face in building back better following the pandemic means there is no time to waste so we are acting straight away and focusing on delivering the commitments we made at the election that matter to people.

“For Plymouth to be an even more successful city we need to ensure the Council gets the basics right and delivers the quality of day-to-day services that Plymouth residents deserve. It is more important than ever that the Council provides value for money and that it is effectively managing issues such as potholes, weeds, litter, graffiti, grass cutting and dog fouling.

“We think Plymouth residents should be at the heart of everything the Council does and that means listening more to their views. We are already looking at ways of ensuring the Council hears views about its services and the key issues and concerns of people who live and work in the city.

“Plymouth has huge potential and we want to ensure it gets the national recognition it needs and deserves. We will be championing Plymouth and making sure it gets support and investment in areas such as adult social care and improving our schools.

“There’s a lot to do to ensure our city achieves its potential and we are looking forward to working with residents and our partners to make Plymouth the place to live, work and visit.”

The new administration’s ambitions are reflected in new Corporate Plan, which sets out priorities for Plymouth under two key aims: to unlock the city’s potential and to care for its people and communities.

Unlocking the city’s potential includes ensuring Plymouth: is a clean and tidy city and a green and sustainable city that cares for its environment; has a wide range of homes; has a vibrant economy offering quality jobs and skills; is an exciting, cultural and creative city and has a varied, efficient and sustainable transport network.

Caring for people and communities includes: ensuring Plymouth is a friendly, welcoming city, reducing health inequalities, making sure people feel safe in the city, focusing on prevention and early intervention, protecting children, young people and adults and improving schools and ensuring pupils achieve better outcomes.