Cllr Phil Harris Hough Green Ward Halton Borough Council

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Budget Special - June 2010

June proved to be a bad month for many Halton residents...and the rest of the country.

In addition to the Building Schools for the Future programme being put on hold - the govt has announced the privatisation of the education system - otherwise known as Free Schools.

This was preceeded by the decision on the Mersey Gateway also being delayed until the autumn.
Both the BSF and Mersey Gateway decisions have major implications for Halton and we will have to wait and see the outcome.

In the meantime, the Coalition govt has been busy doing more damage. Some that affect Halton are highlighted below.

June 22nd.

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Before the election result - the Lib Dem's predicted the Tories would increase VAT. They were right. Then they voted for it.

The Tory Budget is full of cuts that will hit families hard.

George Osborne delivered a Budget that will throw people out of work, hold back economic growth and damage the public services we all rely on. The Tories have broken their promise to be fair, with tax increases and benefit cuts that will hit hardest at the people who can least afford it.

In the weeks ahead the detail will become more clearer. What is clear is it wasn't fair and it was all made possible thanks to the Liberal Democrats.
For a recent media report

Click here.

June 17th

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Tory - Lib Dem Govt axes free swimming for children & pensioners - Halton included.

Funding for the current scheme has been cancelled early from the end of July, 2010.

This means it will come into operation just in time for this year's summer school holidays, not the best timing, to say the least.

June 10th

Tory - Lib Dem Govt slashes funding for poorest areas of country - Halton included.

The Tory Government and their Liberal Democrat puppets recently announced £2 million worth of cuts for Halton Borough Council funding.

The Tory/Lib Dem Coalition government revealed their cuts for local government of over £1billion. This is the start of over £6 billion worth of cuts that the Tories pledged to deliver this year, and which are now possible thanks to Lib Dem support.

The bulk of the cutbacks came in special grants (Area Based Grants) which provide additional funding for areas in need.
to read more detail see News Page 1.

Wealthier parts of the country were not affected by these cuts as they didn't qualify for such funding. Thus the cuts were disproportionately targetted at the poorest areas of the country like Halton.

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