0:00:10 > 0:00:12Given the financial mess Labour created,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15household budgets are under strain.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18So nobody wants to see their money wasted.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Especially when it's by the people
0:00:20 > 0:00:24who are supposed to be serving you and your community -
0:00:24 > 0:00:25your local council.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Under the last Labour government, council tax doubled,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31whilst Labour councils wasted money hand over fist,
0:00:31 > 0:00:36spending your money unchecked on full-time trade union officials
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and propaganda newspapers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Labour councils also paid chief executives astronomical salaries.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45It's something that Conservatives in Government
0:00:45 > 0:00:46could not allow to continue.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50We pledged to show you how councils spend your money
0:00:50 > 0:00:53by making them open up their books.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Only one council has failed to do this. It's a Labour one.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02We're also cracking down on those who want to pay
0:01:02 > 0:01:05their chief executives absurd amounts.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Councils will have to vote on big pay packets,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10and consequently,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13chief executives are earning less than their predecessors.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But we're doing more than just stopping your money
0:01:16 > 0:01:19being splurged on excessive salaries.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24We are putting power in your hands, through a shake-up of local politics.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Because this Government knows the best decisions
0:01:27 > 0:01:30are not always made in Whitehall.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32We're not hoarding power in Government,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35but devolving it to local people.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40The mess Labour left behind shows they can't be trusted.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Don't let Labour do to your council what they did to the country.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It is Conservative councils that have proved time and again
0:01:48 > 0:01:51that they're best placed to deliver local needs.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56So today I'm calling on you to put this newly devolved power
0:01:56 > 0:01:58into the hands of Conservatives.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Conservatives who spend money wisely,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and are transparent about how it's being spent.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Conservatives who believe in helping you with the cost of living,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10which is why we offered councils the funding
0:02:10 > 0:02:13to freeze council tax for a second year in a row.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Some councils have even cut their council tax for local residents.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20On top of the saving from last year,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22the Conservatives' council tax freeze initiative
0:02:22 > 0:02:26has saved hard-working families and pensioners across the country
0:02:26 > 0:02:32up to £147 on a Band D home since the election.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Your council tax is likely to be less under a Conservative council
0:02:36 > 0:02:39than under a Labour or a Liberal Democrat one.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44So don't let Labour do to your council what it did to the country.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Let Conservatives in local government deliver for you.