The Conservative Cabinet have proudly announced that the Bath City cleaning team is to get a smart new uniform so that they look different from Council staff as a solution to getting the streets cleaner.

Meanwhile litter problems grow, seagull populations grow and areas remain uncared for. At the last budget the Liberal Democrats proposed cancelling Conservative plans to build a new Town Hall in Keynsham and instead to invest an extra £500k pa into street cleaning for the whole area. And of course the seagull population would move on if there was less food waste available. Household food waste could already be being collected separately but under the Conservatives these plans have been shelved till late 2011.

So Conservative priority – smart uniforms and a new Council House

or Liberal Democrat priority – cleaner streets and more recycling.