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Originally Posted by steeljack
should probably be a new thread " who contributes most to Hyndburn" but here goes ...... are there any figures available showing which of the Hyndburn 'townships', Accrington/Gt.Harwood /Rishton/Clayton/Oswaldtwisle/Church/Altham. Contribute the most per head of population thru council tax to the Borough after deducting all amounts subsidised by council tax relief .
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The figures are available and show that Oswaldtwistle does indeed raise quite a large amount of tax which is comfortably represented in its facilities. In comparison, Rishton's tax revenue is almost exactly half of that figure and we've seen nothing like the investment we should have had.
Before a figure of £90k is brought up about Holt Street recreational ground, it amounts to draining a playing field and building a rudimentary hut, which makes that a remarkably expensive project for what it is. Work has also halted because the money 'ran out'.
I can give you a list of projects in Ossy from October 2007, for which the newspaper reports all seem to have a smiling picture of Councillor Britcliffe next to them. Like I said, I've never met the man but Rishton has two Tory councillors to Labour's one, so why are they not standing up asking Mr Britcliffe to spare a penny for Rishton?
I should also add that I used Clayton-le-Moors as an example because it raises more money per head of population than any other ward, if the official figures are to be believed. The official spending figures certainly shouldn't be believed, particularly when Rishton had well over £1m spent on it in the last twelve months from HBC.
Filtering out services provided by LCC which can't be included in those figures, where exactly has £1m been spent in Rishton in one year??? That would more than solve all the problems that the residents are screaming out about. The figures also show that spending far outweighed tax revenue by millions of pounds across the borough.
We certainly need more clarity on that particular issue.