Renfrewshire Labour pledges to 'get the basics right' as it launches council manifesto

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Renfrewshire Labour has released its manifesto ahead of next Thursday's council election, promising to "get the basics right" for voters.The group has outlined its policies covering areas such as education, the cost of living crisis, health and social care, and others as people prepare to head to the polls and vote on their local authority's future.The party has said it "isn't promising the earth" but rather to run the area properly as it launched its plans for the next five years.Some of the promises made by the group include a freeze of all local authority fees and charges for at least two years, as well as a pledge to keep council tax low, a strategy to repair roads and footways and a zero tolerance stance on fly-tipping and dog fouling.Additionally, it has demanded "a renewed emphasis on literacy and numeracy skills" and school swimming lessons for all children by the age of 10.The group has also called for a new master plan for town centres and for the stock of social housing in the area to be enhanced.Margaret McCormick, chair of Renfrewshire Labour’s Local Government Committee, said the election should not be about the constitution or independence, but local matters.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.She said: "It’s about local people, local services, and the local community."Labour has a clear plan for change and for getting the basics right – with policies targeted to clean up our streets, fund the frontline, reinvigorate our town centres and local economy, and work to bring local buses under public control."Renfrewshire Labour isn’t promising the earth.