Cuts in Oxfordshire
April 26, 2010 at 4:52 pm | Posted in South East | Comments Off on Cuts in OxfordshireTags: council tax, cuts, driven by dogma, fire services, Oxfordshire, parking, transport, Unfairness, voluntary, young people
Tory-run Oxfordshire Council has announced cuts of £106million over the next 5 years, affecting youth projects and young people.
The cuts include:
- Four Fire Service Cadet Schemes to be axed
- Start up funds for youth group projects axed
- Home to School transport scheme to be cut, increasing fares for pupils
- Four outdoor education centres which provide lessons for over 40 schools must become self-financing or will be axed
- Wardens in sheltered accommodation axed
- 15,000 street lights to be switched off overnight
- Residents parking permits to rise by 25% and more streets included in the scheme
Councillor Liz Brighouse, Leader of the Labour Group, Oxfordshire County Council
Contempt for council tenants in Kensington & Chelsea
April 21, 2010 at 8:00 am | Posted in London | Comments Off on Contempt for council tenants in Kensington & ChelseaTags: council housing, council tenants, driven by dogma, hammersmith, housing, Kensington and Chelsea, Unfairness
In Kensington and Chelsea, a Tory councillor has called council estates “ghettos” which are “full of paranoia”. He made the comments in a debate on the proposed demolition of a council estate.
In neighbouring Hammersmith and Fulham, Tory contempt for council tenants is clear. A council memo describes council housing as “barracks for the poor” and “warehousing poverty”. Their solution is the end of social housing.
The Tories say one thing but do another. Their policies are driven by dogma not the needs of the local community.
52 Tory-run councils have not signed up to free swimming
April 20, 2010 at 6:46 pm | Posted in London, Midlands, Nationwide, North East, North West, South East, South West, Yorkshire and the Humber | Comments Off on 52 Tory-run councils have not signed up to free swimmingTags: adur, arun, ashford, basildon, basingstoke, bournemouth, Bromley, chelmsford, christchurch, crawley, dacorum, dartford, Dogma driven, driven by dogma, east devon, east dorect, east northamptonshire, east riding, fareham, forest of dean, hambleton, harlow, harrogate, havant, hertsmere, horsham, ipswich, isle of wight, lichfield, maidstone, maldon, mendip, mid sussex, north hertfordshire, nuneaton, poole, rochford, rossendale, scarborough, sedgemoor, Sevenoaks, south northamptonshire, south oxfordshire, swale, tandridge, test valley, Tonbridge, torridge, trafford, tunbridge wells, weest somerset, west oxfordshire, westminster, weymouth, worthing
52 Tory-run councils have not signed up to the Government’s scheme to provide free swimming for children and pensioners.
As the Tory Leader of Southampton Council, Alec Samuels says:
“We do not in principle favour ‘free this and free that’, such as swimming or transport, school meals or computers or whatever it is.”
Conservative Councils are choosing not to provide services for dogmatic reasons.
Councils not taking part in the free swimming scheme as of 15 December 2009:
Adur
Arun
Ashford
Basildon
Basingstoke & Deane
Bournemouth
Bromley
Chelmsford
Christchurch
Crawley
Dacorum
Dartford
East Devon
East Dorset
East Northamptonshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
Fareham
Forest of Dean
Hambleton
Harlow
Harrogate
Havant
Hertsmere
Horsham
Ipswich
Isle of Wight
Lichfield
Maidstone
Maldon
Mendip
Mid Sussex
North Hertfordshire
Nuneaton & Bedworth
Poole
Rochford
Rossendale
Scarborough
Sedgemoor
Sevenoaks
South Northamptonshire
South Oxfordshire
Swale
Tandridge
Test Valley
Tonbridge & Malling
Torridge
Trafford
Tunbridge Wells
West Oxfordshire
West Somerset
Westminster
Weymouth & Portland
Worthing
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