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Old 11-05-2011, 06:15   #263
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May

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Originally Posted by g jones View Post
I cannot see labour;

1) funding private landlords - that will stop - there are other ways and tough enforcement is one, as is open market sale and CPO.

2) We need to stop the giveaway cash handout culture and ensure as a principle for every £1 we put in - we should be looking to get back as much as possible so we can continue a regeneration programme. We are exploring exciting ways we may be able to do this with outside partners.

Conservative giveaway facelift grants and expensive group repairs, £30k relocation grants and £30k 'lifetime' loans are on the axe list.
You do realize that if, as Margaret P suggested ... post #231, I think ... party politics were not a part of municipal government, this whole issue of Labour spending vs. Tory spending would disappear.
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