It’s time to end Tory waste
April 30, 2013 2:22 PM
The Liberal Democrats at County Hall have put forward fully costed and approved proposals to fix Essex's crumbling roads and pavements and help young people.
The Lib Dem proposals are:
- additional money to fix footways, potholes and white lines on roads
- help young people travelling to job interviews, provide advice on benefits and discounted swimming
- help for Citizens Advice Bureaux to advise residents and raise new money.
This would be funded by:
- cutting back on the £1 million a year spent on Conservative cabinet members and their support staff and the £2.5 million spent on spin doctors and PR.
- Additionally cash in the council's bank account would be reduced to a sensible level. Newspaper reports suggest that the council's reserves have soared to a whopping £300 million.
The Conservatives voted these down - a change in the administration would see a change in how Essex County Council is run.
