Priorities

The Mayor is committed to improving the borough and ensuring residents are offered the best possible services.

Appointed a mixed Cabinet of committed Councillors
Cut Mayor's salary from around £73,000 to £30,000 per year
Axed Mayor's chauffeur driven car (approximately £6,000)
Stopped future funding for gay pride event (£3,000)
Stopped council newspaper Doncaster News
Axed membership of Local Government Association and Local Government Information Unit (approximately £80,000)
Where possible, stopped funding for translation services and instead encourage people to learn English
Cut twinning ties with five towns saving approximately £4,000+
Written to the Electoral Commission to cut the number of Councillors from 63 to 21 which could save upwards of £1,000,000

Lower Council Tax by cutting extortionate levels of bureaucracy and other waste
End mismanagement in the council
Hold a referendum on the Mayoral governance of Doncaster
Reduce the number of councillors from 63 to 21
Conduct a review of the A638 Quality Bus Corridor and the traffic mayhem around the Dome
Scrap politically correct non-jobs and encourage the former employees to seek meaningful employment
Encourage every school to opt out of local authority control – money should go directly to schools to raise deteriorating educational standards. Support new academies
Ensure police concentrate resources on catching criminals
Introduce zero tolerance of anti-social behaviour and impose penalties for such everyday practices as using foul language in public and spitting in the street
Halt the architectural vandalism of Doncaster and protect the town’s heritage