Conservatives take Island council backwards official report shows

12.30.00pm GMT Fri 6th Mar 2009

The independent Audit Commission has rated Conservative-run Isle of Wight Council performance in 2008 as only 2 out of 4, and dropped their assessment of progress from "improving well" to just "improving adequately".

Jill Wareham, Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats Prospective Parliamentary Candidate commented:

"The Conservatives have failed dismally over the last four years through their wastefulness. Evidence of this is shown through appalling financial mismanagement; the disintegration of our roads through lack of investment and the failure to do anything about education improvements during their term of office.

"It is time for people to challenge the Conservatives running the Council about what they have achieved in the last four years. They have had long enough to make their mark. We look forward to the elections in June when the residents of the Island will have an opportunity to vote for a team of new and experienced Liberal Democrats, who will be working under a new mandate for the benefit of their local communities."