Labour-led Redbridge council has re-introduced weekly refuse collections, brought in free bulk waste collections and, to help local businesses, introduced 30 minutes’ free parking. All those proposals were in the manifesto on which the council was elected. Despite the legacy of the previous Con-Dem council and the problems emanating from the Con-Dem Government, we are supposed to pay £70 million in the next three years. What figure will be taken out in addition, and does that mean that the improved local services will be put at risk?
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Gapes
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 December 2014.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Local Government Finance.
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2014-15
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