How do the party election manifestos compare in York?

  1. Financial management

Now that all the parties have published their election manifestos for the Council polls – due on 2nd May – we’ll be looking to see what each party is offering.

Usually it is not so much what the party leaders say they will do that attracts interest.Rather it is the issues that they are silent on which cause the most anxiety.

There is a certain lack of candour on financial strategy in all four documents.