Members of Cornwall Council’s Cabinet have set out the priorities, values and aims of the new administration over the next four years.

Council Leader Adam Paynter said that they wanted to work with residents and partners to ’close the gap’ and make a real, positive difference to the day to day lives of local people.

The priorities are:

Health, Social Care and Families

Deliver better health outcomes for everyone, working with partners to shape our future health and care services.

Ensure people are able to leave hospital, once they are well enough, with the right care in place.

Protect and improve the lives of our vulnerable adults.

Increase the aspirations of our young people.

Protect children from the risk of harm.

Promote children’s physical and mental health.

Reduce child poverty.

Homes:

Provide 1,000 council homes over 4 years.

Raise the standards of private rented homes.

Bring empty properties back into use.

Support the Cornwall Community Land Trust and registered providers to deliver homes in Cornwall.

Lobby to remove the bedroom tax.

Reduce the number of people who have to spend more than 10% of their income to heat their homes.

Environment, Growth and Jobs:

Use Council land to create jobs, as part of the plan to secure 38,000 new jobs across Cornwall by 2030.

Ensure people in Cornwall are trained with the skills that current and future employers need.

Use contracts to ensure more people working in Cornwall are paid a genuine living wage.

Increase the number of apprenticeships for people in Cornwall.

Invest across Cornwall to create jobs, provide homes and improve lives.

Reduce waste and increase recycling.

Become a leader in environmental growth and renewable energy.

Transport and Connectivity:

Further improve sea, road, air , rail and bus networks across Cornwall, working with partners.

Build an integrated transport system, linking main line bus and rail timetables, ferries the airport.

Give communities more control over funding to improve roads.

Further enhance broadband and mobile connectivity.

Devolution and Localism

Give residents and communities a greater say in decisions and make them at the most appropriate level.

Lobby Central Government for more powers and fairer funding for Cornwall, including a replacement European fund.