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Originally Posted by andrewb
Of course I think it was a good idea, after the shambles of a budget last year. I think its a shambles that Labour are not funding us properly by government grants. We could have had a council tax freeze if they had increased our grant in line with the national average.
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I am pleased you think it was a good idea that Labour put forward a properly costed budget - maybe you should pass on your views to Peter Britcliffe as yesterday he told Graham, Miles Parkinson and myself that it had been a waste of time - apparently we should just have put forward a list of suggestions. My answer was 'Damned if we do and damned if we don't'.
Maybe Peter felt that Clare stole some his his thunder on his 'big night' when he got to make a 25 minute speech.
Incidentally NO members of the council interrupted his speech, but Peter (and some of his colleagues) made several interruptions to Clare's excellent speech. It was during Clare's speech, when I was handing out some sheets with figures about the funding of the refurbishment of Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre that he referred to me as 'That Woman'.
Regarding the supposed underfunding in government grant - where do you think the £8.70 million for the HMR programme comes from - Father Christmas? It is money from a Labour government delivered by Elevate to fund the Housing Market Renewal programme in West Accrington. What about the LEGI funding that is helping several local businesses ? The 2 Health Centres in Accrington (one of which is in my ward) and the proposed new Health Centre in Great Harwood (which Peter tried to claim as being his scheme).
Andrew all this money comes from a
Labour Government, or have you conveniently forgotten. Would a
Tory government fund Hyndburn as well - considering your national leader thinks people should not live in the north of England. I think the south would get a little too heavy and fall into the English Channel if everyone moved South.