Last Thursday it was revealed the true extent of Medway Tory mismanagement of the Council budgets which already highlight a prospective £60m liability on the books up until 2015.
On the above the Medway Conservatives will leave a budget deficit of £23.5m in 2015/16 and a cumulative loss over the next 3 years of £60m.
This is simply a staggering amount of money and comes as a direct result of Conservatives gerrymandering our money to leafier Tory areas in Surrey and elsewhere.
And what makes matters worse for taxpayers is that this prediction includes 2% per year average Council Tax increase. The days of Council Tax freezes are over.
Our Medway MPs must be aware of this black hole in the Council books but have failed to lobby for a fair local government settlement.
If Medway Labour win in 2015 the finances will be in a total mess because of the Tories.
This is the message to all those who want to make a difference; our Tories may be about to follow a 'scorched Council' policy which will leave residents and the next administration with some very unpalatable choices
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Calling it mis-management is a little unkind.
ReplyDeleteLook at all the things the conservatives have done for Medway.
A lovely bus shelter, an impregnable civic centre, a leaky tunnel, lots of betting shops, strip clubs and off licences.
Sounds wonderful doesn't it