What is a cut??

This evening we had a full Council meeting.  The Leader of the Council presented a motion suggesting that I tried to seek political advantage for exposing the fact that popular youth sessions have been stopped.  These sessions were delivered through Streets Ahead programme which was part of "Active East Staffs" programme. 

The issue is very straight forward.  The Tories said they will not cut front line services.  Actually 5 youth sessions per week covering Anglesey, Eton, Horninglow and Shobnall wards have been stopped. 
Furthermore they were very keen to claim the credit when the Labour Government provided the money.  Actually it is a matter of choice; The Tories have chosen to spend over £80,000 on ES News rather than continue with youth club sessions at a fraction of the cost.

The simple fact is the young people are really interested in politics but they simply know that their youth club is no longer available.  The Tories failed to respond and explain this reduction in youth service.

The debate was quite interesting and quite personal at times.  But ultimately the Tories are good at slogans but not really interested in delivering on their promises.

The Labour government provided many grants including Growth Point money & Street Ahead grant.  What extra funding has our local Tory Leadership received from coalition Government?





 

Blocked Drain

The Conservative controlled County Council says that the pond of water shown in the photo below is not due to blocked gully.  Apparently these gullues were cleaned in March this year.
Furthermore I have learnt today that County Council will clean the gullies when they are in this area again.  But they cannot tell when they will be in Anglesey again.
This is a result of savage cost cutting as no one knows what is going on.  In the meantime, County Council comes up with various and creative ways of delaying tactitcs.

Who is responsible for destroying our Heritage??

The Goat Malting building is rotting and decaying.  It should have been refurbished by now.  But the Tory Council appears unable to persuade the developer, Cameron homes, to bring this building into use. Cameron Homes have built new flats along the Anglesey Road frontage. Yet when it comes to redeveloping this historic building, we are told that there is no market for the flats.  It's a pathetic excuse.

Labour wins County Council By-election

Ron Clarke has won the County Council seat for the Labour Party with an increased majority.  This is a fantastic result after this seat was vacated by Peter Beresford who sadly passed away.

Well done Ron!!

Ron Clarke - Labour 1233


Ahmet Orta - Conservative 884

Michael Rodgers – Liberal Democrat 525

Peter McGuiggan – UKIP 182

http://www.burtonlabour.org.uk/county.html

Tory Cuts in Anglesey

The Tories have cut 2 youth sessions in Anglesey.  These sessions were really popular with yougsters and were well attended.
However despite Tory promises that front line services will not be cut, they have targeted young people.  There is very little youth provision and we urge the Council to provide activities for the young people in Anglesey.