Protection for pubs and 3,000 new homes for Norwich pledged in Labour election bid |
Voters will go to the polls in May to elect 84 councillors to Norfolk County Council and 14 to Norwich City Council.
The Labour party, which currently controls City Hall, has published its manifesto outlining what it would do for Norwich.
It's pledges include stepping in to save pubs when they come up for sale.
The party said it would use council cash to buy freeholds, independently or with community groups and co-ops, to protect pubs from closure or speculative development.
Another key pledge is to get 3,000 new homes built over the next four years, including at the former Colman's factory site in east Norwich.
The former Colman's factory (Image: Homes England)
Labour says half the new homes would be affordable - offered at below-market value for rent or sale to those unable to buy at market prices.
Other pledges include getting solar panels installed on all city council homes and investing £300,000 into a new Neighbourhood Pride Fund to tackle fly-tipping and improve neighbourhoods.
Mike Stonard, leader of Norwich City Council (Image: Norwich City Council)
Mike Stonard, Labour leader of Norwich City Council said: "Norwich is recognised as the best city in the UK and our aim is to make it even better.
"This manifesto builds on how Norwich has won that recognition and with the new councils coming soon, sets out a framework for future success.
"We are ambitious, driven and ready to deliver."
Steve Morphew, leader of the Labour group at Norfolk County Council, said his party would not rely on "extreme or populist short term undeliverable slogans" but on "properly thought out plans for the longer term and the experience to make them a reality".
Labour currently runs the city council with 19 councillors. The Greens are the opposition with 15 and the Liberal Democrats have three.
Reform UK are hoping voters will elect the party's first city councillors at the May 7 elections, while Conservatives are looking to get their first city councillor since 2012 elected.
Labour has nine councillors at Conservative-controlled County Hall, where the political make-up of the other parties is 50 Conservatives, 10 Liberal Democrats, four Greens, three Independent Progressive Group, three independents, two Reform UK, one independent non-aligned and two vacancies.