NUNTHORPE MEETING OF THE AREA COMMITTEE

AREA COMMITTEE NUNTHORPE YOUTH CLUB 6 PM TUESDAY
12 FEBRUARY

We have been proved right that this Labour invention to keep control covers too big an area. The previous Ormesby, Normaby & Eston Area Committee made regular visits to our area. But this is the first meeting locally since the May elections of the new Greater Eston Committee.

You need to know that the local police inspector attends the Area Committee and answers residents' questions. He needs residents' suggestions for neighbourhood policing prioriities.

The latest spending from our £6000 allocation are getting a grit bin for the Laburnum Rd-Lilac Road junction and Spring bedding plants at the Library.

NEW BENCH FOR ORCHARD WAY

Cllrs Eric Empson and Irene Nightingale showed local team member, Ann Wilson, the new bench on Orchard Way. A local resident suggested that one was needed there. So we used some of our Area Committee allocation. We also got officials to move the litter and dog bin.

FIRE BRIGADE FORCED TO FIND £2M CUTS

Ian Swales,the local Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, has unearthed the shocking fact that the Governmetn is forcing the fire service to make massive cuts.

He said recently, "Our area is highly populated with the risk of fire on major chemical, steel-making or nuclear plants.
"Yet cutbacks in the local fire service are on the cards. And it’s all because Government has cut funding to Cleveland Fire Brigade by £2million forcing cuts in services, such as - cutting crewing on fire engines, abolishing community safety teams, cutting staffing, and response times for environmental protection and incident command support, closing a fire station, not filling six vacant posts and pushing up Council Tax by 5%.
"The Fire Service has been successful in the past four years. So why is the Labour Government cutting back in supporting one of our vital local services?"

“LIKE PUTTING NEW TYRES ON A CAR JUST TO TOW IT TO THE SCRAPYARD”

Labour are spending over £120,000 of your Council Tax money repairing and re-decorating the Town Hall and Finegan Hall which is planned for demolition. At the same time they are making £5½m cuts in services.

NEW LIB DEM LEADER PLANS CHANGE FOR BRITAIN

New Lib Dem Leader, Nick Clegg, outlined his plans for a Liberal Britain to local Councillor Glyn Nightingale when he visited the region.
"As the only Northern MP to lead a major party, I’m fully aware of the importance of the region and the concerns of local people.
New rights for parents, pupils and patients are at the heart of everything the Lib Dems stand for.
No-one should be condemned by the circumstances of their birth.
A fair deal for every family means investing in education, cutting income tax and reforming tax credits. I’ll campaign to cut crime and get a fair deal for victims. And I’ll fight to improve our NHS so it delivers the care people need.
Join with me to make all this happen, so we can give British families control over their own lives.
Together we can make Britain the liberal country the British people want it to be."

Labour’s £5½ million planned cuts

Labour promised no cuts in services and boasted about zero Council Tax rises. It was just election spin. Now they plan cuts including spending on the old, disabled and children in need. The only growth spending is on £350,000 to pay for free junk jobs and throwing money down the drain on Eston Town Hall when the office space isn’t needed.
That’s an extra 1% on Council Tax pushing it up by 4.9%.


WHERE THE OTHER CUTS FALL
• Promised weekly refuse collection kicked into the long grass
• Slashing library spending - no children’s librarian, book fund cut and opening hours cut
• To get a decent junk job collection the charge goes up 50% to £15
• Closing all re-cycling bring sites
• Ending the 'Bring Out Your Dross' re-cycling scheme
• Slashing spending on play equipment maintenance
• Charging for green box replacement
• Ending winter flower bedding
• Cutting grants and charging voluntary organisations more
• 10% higher burial fees


LABOUR’S PHONEY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS EXPOSED


So-called efficiency savings are really cuts in services, higher charges or offloading spending.
For the first time in four years net spending on the old, disabled and vulnerable young people is cut.
Above all Labour is taking massive risks with your tax money -
• They’ve no idea how the forecast downturn in the economy will affect returns on invested cash.
• They’ve no idea if the unions will go for their plan to cut 900 Council officers’ pay by up to £1000.
• They’ve already over-spent by nearly £1m that has put an extra 2% on Council Tax.
Council Leader George Dunning claims he’s in charge. He regularly promises one thing and does the opposite. It’s his Budget. And, it shows!