More details are emerging from the Local Government Settlement grant for Medway Council today as Council chiefs estimate they have lost £12 million from the government settlement.
Cumulatively over two years the budget will drop from £98m to £86m in 2011/12 and from £86m to £78m in 2012/13.
This is a drop of £32 million cumulative over two years based on the 2010/11 numbers. That represents currently one third of the Medway Council budget.
Despite double-accounting makes it now almost certain that the leaked 3.7% cut number released by the government is almost certainly spurious and for media consumption.
The government have removed national grants and added them to local government budgets and have double accounted for health and social services which were budgets allocated to the NHS.
This settlement is smoke and mirrors designed to deceive the electorate.
There is still no comment from Conservative HQ on the Area Based Grant which many Conservatives whinged about whilst receiving year-on-year increases in grant from 2003. Those same people have been silent today as the true extent of duplicity has set in. The government they leafletted and campaign for, has just taken away the hard earned money of Medway citizens and have not only failed to give it to the poorest, but instead have handed it to the richest.
Cumulatively over two years the budget will drop from £98m to £86m in 2011/12 and from £86m to £78m in 2012/13.
This is a drop of £32 million cumulative over two years based on the 2010/11 numbers. That represents currently one third of the Medway Council budget.
Despite double-accounting makes it now almost certain that the leaked 3.7% cut number released by the government is almost certainly spurious and for media consumption.
The government have removed national grants and added them to local government budgets and have double accounted for health and social services which were budgets allocated to the NHS.
This settlement is smoke and mirrors designed to deceive the electorate.
There is still no comment from Conservative HQ on the Area Based Grant which many Conservatives whinged about whilst receiving year-on-year increases in grant from 2003. Those same people have been silent today as the true extent of duplicity has set in. The government they leafletted and campaign for, has just taken away the hard earned money of Medway citizens and have not only failed to give it to the poorest, but instead have handed it to the richest.
Conservative values; help the rich, hurt the middle class.
Government cost-cutting is expected to hit family services in deprived parts of Medway. The Conservatives have no concept of fairness and have given the smallest reductions in grant to safe Conservative shire seats. It is gerrymandering and it is overt/
It is also likely to wipe out low-key efforts to integrate eastern Europeans into the community which will hurt areas in Luton & Wayfield which have major issues with integration.
Even Tory Council deputy leader Cllr Alan Jarrett admitted that "This is not to Medway's benefit," which is code for Medway being legged over by the Conservative government.
A new budget has to be approved in late February but if you live in any of the inner city wards in Medway from Gillingham, Twydall, Chatham, Lordswood, Rainham, Rochester or Strood, you will be viciously hurt by these cuts.
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