Tory panic measures to balance budget
October 7, 2009 10:23 PM
In response to Northamptonshire County Council leader Cllr Jim Harker's recent announcement of 'new' "internal spending restrictions" official opposition leader Cllr Brendan Glynane said:
"The Conservatives only have themselves to blame. Liberal Democrat County Councillors warned that the Conservative budget was unsustainable six months ago."
"This comes after the Conservatives announced a huge increase in borrowing - up from £427 million to £629 million - a debt of £2400 for every family in Northamptonshire."
"Add to that the £32 million Carillion contract that went bad; on which we are still waiting for the Conservative administration to explain why they failed to apply due diligence when implementing the contract."
"Finally, so far, there is the fiasco of the aborted sale of surplus school sites sales in Northampton. Now the Conservatives are holding a 'fire sale' to offload these sites individually at knock down prices due to the property price-crash. We warned that the planned sale of the sites to one bidder was doomed to fail."
"The Conservative administration is locked into a pattern of financial incompetence. This latest budget crisis just serves as further confirmation of that."
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