Tories hit out at Labour's budget plans (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Councillors and/ or MP's acting underhandedly? noooooooooo impossible.

A Tory politician actually wanting a referendum. Hmmm!
Come the big referendum in 2015 pal your lot will be history.

Another excellent example of our politicians playing party politics rather than looking after the city's interests.

He's going on about 'hard pressed' families as though it's the end of the world and we're only talking around 20 quid a year per house!

angry bradfordian wrote:
Another excellent example of our politicians playing party politics rather than looking after the city's interests.

He's going on about 'hard pressed' families as though it's the end of the world and we're only talking around 20 quid a year per house!

Plus we are hard pressed because of his ConDem bosses ripping the country off as much as possible...

Biker71 wrote:

angry bradfordian wrote:
Another excellent example of our politicians playing party politics rather than looking after the city's interests.

He's going on about 'hard pressed' families as though it's the end of the world and we're only talking around 20 quid a year per house!

Plus we are hard pressed because of his ConDem bosses ripping the country off as much as possible...

It is to be expected that the opposition will criticise policy rather than support it, we get the same merry-go-round at national level. When (or if) the ridiculous Ed. gets into power, there will be no less number of complaints or criticism, either from his opponents or on public forums such as this.

when the primary source of income is Taxation, then surely it has to go up to cover short falls. I don't like it, however it needs to be done.

It is I believe the maximum charge allowed - Bradford is a poor City and they will have an oversized welfare bill - it is frightening to wonder what the real rate bill will be if or when we get out of austerity mode or get a new Labour administration. It has to be collected to ensure some sort of normality. We have been living beyond our means for years - and there will be major changes ahead - whoever is in Government
I notice someone thinks a General Strike will solve things - if you have a job I suggest you ignore that idea.

This Tory group leader has got some 'brass neck" as they say in these parts.

We've had 'austerity' from the 'get-go' of the Coalition government, with them leaning mighty heavily on local councils, 'till the pips sqeak'!

The austerity measures haven't worked and with no growth at all, Britain has lost its 'triple A status' which all along Osbourne said he was doing some things to prevent happening!

Has borrowing of central government gone down? No, in fact it's gone up and the public services cuts just keep coming. Even Philip Davies MP (right wing Tory) openly admitted borrowing was burgeoning, at a public meeting recently.

The councils have been carrying out Tory policy (under duress) if they didn't they'd be pushed aside/taken to court and a faceless administrator brought in.

And now when the ONLY choice is either to start cutting even more or raise council tax, the council has opted for the latter to save vital services. Further cutting would no doubt enflame the public even more.

Strange that anti-Yorkshire Tory MP Eric Pickles (he said he prefers the 'south') resists plans to reduce emptying of bins from once a week to every two, ( he doesn't seem to a agree with re-cycling) when recycling is the ONLY option for the future (in term's of the environment/keeping landfill down/costs down. Mr P (a climate change denier like Philip Davies, I've no doubt)

And now...the Tory leader wants to spend more money on an unnecessary referendum. Pity we couldn't have had one on what the Tories are trying to do to the NHS with their legislation 'bashed' through parliament (when no voter was told this was their plan at the 2010 General election). In fact Mr Cameron promised " No Top down changes to the NHS!" His b** should certainly be on fire"

Yes, The Tories-the party who likes to define themselves as 'safe custodians of the public purse', but when they get the chance, it's usually all about 'which of their friends is going to make a 'fast buck!'

Mr Glen Miller...(wasn't he a bandleader)..perhaps you should try 'trumpeting another tune'-one that has a chance of being believed!

BertSanders wrote:
It is I believe the maximum charge allowed - Bradford is a poor City and they will have an oversized welfare bill - it is frightening to wonder what the real rate bill will be if or when we get out of austerity mode or get a new Labour administration. It has to be collected to ensure some sort of normality. We have been living beyond our means for years - and there will be major changes ahead - whoever is in Government
I notice someone thinks a General Strike will solve things - if you have a job I suggest you ignore that idea.

Do you know what Council Taxes are used for?

Welfare-benefits etc is the responsibility
of Central Govt. not local govt.


The Council deals with education, emptying bins, bulk refuse, libraries, building control, business rates, pest control, social services, highways locally, museums, theatres, swimming pools and other amenities, care homes etc etc etc

All things we've used, are using, or.. may use in the future!!

Cityman23 wrote:

BertSanders wrote:
It is I believe the maximum charge allowed - Bradford is a poor City and they will have an oversized welfare bill - it is frightening to wonder what the real rate bill will be if or when we get out of austerity mode or get a new Labour administration. It has to be collected to ensure some sort of normality. We have been living beyond our means for years - and there will be major changes ahead - whoever is in Government
I notice someone thinks a General Strike will solve things - if you have a job I suggest you ignore that idea.

Do you know what Council Taxes are used for?

Welfare-benefits etc is the responsibility
of Central Govt. not local govt.


The Council deals with education, emptying bins, bulk refuse, libraries, building control, business rates, pest control, social services, highways locally, museums, theatres, swimming pools and other amenities, care homes etc etc etc

All things we've used, are using, or.. may use in the future!!

Thank you for correction - in the circumstances I would have thought economies could be made, as a large raft of expenditure that makes Bradford
different, must be welfare payments which you inform are Goverment responsibility.
I am grateful to have been corrected.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

BertSanders wrote:

Cityman23 wrote:

BertSanders wrote:
It is I believe the maximum charge allowed - Bradford is a poor City and they will have an oversized welfare bill - it is frightening to wonder what the real rate bill will be if or when we get out of austerity mode or get a new Labour administration. It has to be collected to ensure some sort of normality. We have been living beyond our means for years - and there will be major changes ahead - whoever is in Government
I notice someone thinks a General Strike will solve things - if you have a job I suggest you ignore that idea.

Do you know what Council Taxes are used for?

Welfare-benefits etc is the responsibility
of Central Govt. not local govt.


The Council deals with education, emptying bins, bulk refuse, libraries, building control, business rates, pest control, social services, highways locally, museums, theatres, swimming pools and other amenities, care homes etc etc etc


All things we've used, are using, or.. may use in the future!!

Thank you for correction - in the circumstances I would have thought economies could be made, as a large raft of expenditure that makes Bradford
different, must be welfare payments which you inform are Goverment responsibility.
I am grateful to have been corrected.

To be fair, Housing Benefit is usually administered by the local authority along with Council Tax benefit. Housing Benefit however is paid directly to eg landlords (who usually just happen to be charging pretty high rents knowing they will get their 'money.')

PMQ’s what a farce no wonder local governments copy central, a case of monkey see monkey do!