A SENIOR Thurrock Conservative councillor has poured scorn on the saving plans by the Labour group on Thurrock Council.
Ockendon councillor Barry Johnson said: “Cllr Kent has had three years to prepare and because he and his group has chosen to pick easy savings like cutting back on stationery etc they appear to live in hope that the problem will go away.
“Suggestions to save money put forward by Conservative members have repeatedly been ignored or put on the back burner. I have recently read about the expected savings of £3m by Hertfordshire who have embraced LED lighting on the roads, but Thurrock does very little to follow suit.
“Residents will do well to remember that large chunks of these savings will need to be made to cover loan interest repayments. Time and again Labour-run Thurrock has had the opportunity to use savings on low interest rates over the past years to reduce this debt but instead it increaes year on year.
“For many years now it has been pointed out that only “zero based budgeting’ will allow the Council, which is essentially a service based industry, to ensure it has the correct number of staff on the front line as opposed to management posts in ivory towers to financially run the service.
“He is correct that no one came into politics to cut services or jobs, however, had his party not saddled each man woman and child with over £20k of national debt by spending £6 for every £4 in tax revenue we would not be in this position today.
If as an individual you land yourself in loads if debt it can take years to clear that debt. Remember the legacy this govt was left by labour. Remember the time and difficult decisions that will have to be made to try to bring this country back to prosperity.
i have a led streetlamp on my road.
Let us remember just before the financial abyss that the Labour Party and parliament, Daily Mail and City / Corporate Britain carried out. THURROCK CONSERVATIVES
WERE ON THE POINT OF BANKRUPTING THE BOROUGH ON PROJECTS EVEN NOW HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY DISCLOSED. THE CUTS OF £30M ARE IMPOSED BY A TORY ADMINISTRATION ABOUT TO LOSE OFFICE IN 2015. THE POOR DISABLED DISADVANTAGED WILL SUFFER. CAMERON AND LIB DEMS CANNOT COLLECT CORPORATE TAX EASY HIT COUNCIL TAX.
GLadI read this article it will make everyone vote for the tories.
All articles like this do is switch people off from politics.
Tories chuck mud at labour and labour chuck mud back at the tories. people will switch to other parties..
The Crash happened in America and it was a Conservative president who was in office. Mr Johnson.
Vince63 – please disclose these projects you claim the Conservatives were on the brink of bankrupting the council with?