That prompts a question about the motivation of such individuals in wanting to control a council. Is the aim to reduce council tax as much as possible, whatever the cost, or to provide value for money? They are very different things and it seems that the primary motivation is purely headlines rather than providing services in the best interest of local residents.
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Julia Goldsworthy
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 3 February 2010.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Local Government Finance.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
505 c388
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-11 10:08:16 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_618617
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_618617
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_618617