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Originally Posted by jaysay
Budget setting for Labour is never a piece of cake gynn, ask Gordon Brown, Saviour of the Universe (self acclaimed)  |
Once again I'll point out that we're in Hyndburn, Jaysay. If you want to try and bring national politics into it, something which is so far removed as to be a separate entity, then carry on. We have quite enough to worry about following 7 straight years of Conservative-run Hyndburn without trying to pin the blame on 13 years of Labour government.
For everyone else, the council has a lot more say in its own finances than you would be led to believe. There isn't a huge pot of money as the majority of council tax goes to Lancashire County Council but there has been more than enough opportunity for the current controlling group to whittle out wasteful spending. I didn't hear any of the Tory faithful bleating about 'Labour's borrowing' when the grant money was rolling in for Conservative projects in Oswaldtwistle or the handout for the defunct Hyndburn Life website.
Whatever colour badge you happen to be wearing, the controlling councillors up at Scaitcliffe House are ultimately responsible for how Hyndburn money is accounted for.