Focus April 1999
"The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity."
(Preamble to the Party Constitution).
Crumbling Answers to Crumbling Roads In an open letter to local residents the Labour leader of Notts. County Council has justified the large Council Tax hike because they intend "protecting spending on repairing the roads" Yet every year since 1991 the Labour Council, against strong Liberal Democrat clearly costed opposition, has cut the annual Road repairs budget from expenditure of just under £10 million in 1991 to less than £2 million last. Not surprisingly the repairs needed have risen from £13 million to £35 million. So what "protection" is the County Council now offering? Answer: and extra £30,000 to spend over last year's budget! Still leaving a 94% shortfall in term's of the total maintenance needs. |
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