Like many local authorities in tourist areas, The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead seeks to maximise revenues through high parking charges directed a tourists.

With the council using parking charges as a "tourist tax", and no credible public transport alternatives, it's essential the council protects the town's retail businesses' local trade by differentiating between residents and visitors through reintroduction of a residents' discount.

Local Liberal Democrats have expressed fury at the failure of the council to implement their own plans to provide a traffic light controlled TOUCAN crossing at the Mill Lane Junction on Maidenhead Road, after a second child was run over at the accident blackspot on Thursday night.

The last serious accident here was in September last year. Mill Lane Junction has been recognised as an accident blackspot for years and is the third worst accident blackspot in Berskshire for cyclists.

Conservative cuts to our libraries in the Borough are continuing with the threatened closure of the nearly new Boyn Grove Library along with Datchet Library, Old Windsor Library and Sunningdale Library.

Additionally the council leadership plan a cut in hours at Dedworth Library.

These cuts are on top of the closure of Eton Library and cuts in library opening hours at Cookham and Cox Green in the last year .

Liberal Democrats in Windsor have called on the council to address longstanding requests to improve road safety at key locations to encourage walking and cycling in preference to the "Active Travel Plans" produced by the Conservative Council following top down rules imposed by the Conservative Government.

Conservatives in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead have been forced to U-turn on plans to introduce parking charges at out of town carparks following a two week campaign led by the local Lib Dems.

The campaign which involved petitons on both Lib Dem and the Royal Borough's website garnered the support of just under 2000 residents would have affected car parks across the Royal Borough, with Sunninghill particularly hard hit as well as the new cafe at Windsor's Pirate Park at Clewer War Memorial Recreation Ground.