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Car park charges
At the Cabinet meeting on 13th July, the hoary old chestnut of car parking charges was once again brought up in a somewhat tenuous way by Cllr Britcliffe who used several arguments to intimate that Labour are preparing a back door to bring in this policy across Hyndburn.
The Leader of the Council stated categorically that Labour will not introduce car parking charges in this borough at any time, nor will it be selling off the covenant which prevents The Arndale Centre from charging shoppers to park and Peter Britcliffe congratulated himself on managing to pin down Miles Parkinson to an answer that has already been given publicly several times over the years.
This tired old piece of Conservative propoganda has been doing the rounds since 1999 following an off the cuff remark by George Slynn, something that has never seriously been considered or taken further as an idea. If that's the best they can keep trotting out against the new administration then it shows a remarkable lack of ideas. Miles has publicly given a definitive line when asked if Labour can guarantee that no charges will be introduced for parking, something which will be minuted for all time.
I wonder if that will be the end of the scaremongering or whether Cllr Britcliffe cannot take 'yes' for an answer and it will once again appear on Conservative election literature in the coming years?
I commend this thread for the Accyweb archivist to remind us of next May.....
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