Derbyshire Conservatives have delivered:

1,000 apprentices supporting Derbyshire’s young people and businesses

Three years of 0% Council Tax increases: Saving £165 to a Band D Council Tax payer

Kept ALL Libraries and Children’s Centres open

Provided almost £2 million in community grants supporting sports clubs, social groups and the voluntary sector, with a further £1 million to follow in 2013/14

A £200 million Adult Residential and Community Care accommodation package

Derbyshire Conservatives have worked hard to deliver efficient, well-run services, protecting the vulnerable, and supporting businesses to create jobs and growth.  DNCC President Ian Greenaway says: “The local economy closed off 2012 on a positive note, with strong UK sales and orders and a welcome upturn for companies.''  On Radio Derby he said, ''Derbyshire was well placed to weather public sector efficiencies through a positive private sector.''   http://www.dncc.co.uk/news/2814/chamber-calls-for-more-growth-support-o…;

We pledge to continue to deliver better services for less money if we are re-elected in 2013.

Derbyshire Labour:

Will focus on their Derbyshire heartlands and stop universal services for every household 

Will not support our £15m Superfast Broadband Investment keeping us in the slow lane 

Have hinted whole departments ‘would need to be axed’ unless Council Tax increases year-on-year “Derby Telegraph - http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/departments-threatened-Derbyshire-Cou…” 

Have no plan to deliver improved services whilst reducing spending 

Opposed every efficiency saving delivered over the past three years 

The Labour Leader stated ‘For me and for my Group, the problem with the last Labour government was that it was not Left Wing enough’ "Anne Western verbatim minutes dated 22nd June 2011- I think the problem with the world today is that we delude ourselves if we think everything is run by governments. The world is run largely by multinational capital and by something called “the markets”. It was on the radio this morning, commodity prices controlled by “the markets”. The markets seem to dictate who eats a decent meal in a day and who doesn’t. The market dictates whether children get a good education or whether they don’t. The market dictates whether people get a decent job and a decent house or not. For me and for my Group the problem with the last Government was that it was not Left Wing enough. It should have done a lot more a lot sooner, but here we are, we are in the 21st Century and we have the problems we have."

Derbyshire Labour has publically stated they would 'raise a glass' when Margaret Thatcher dies' a shocking attitude to our frail and elderly’ "Brian Lucas - Verbatim Minutes Derbyshire County Council Full Council"

Derbyshire can’t afford 1970s Hard Line Labour ‘Comrades’* increasing Council Tax and wasting your money. 

*used on several/numerous occasions by Labour front bench from 2007-2009: Source: Derbyshire Couny Council Verbatim Minutes.