Welcome news announced tonight to a hall of anti-cuts campaigners and residents at Full Council of a freeze in Council tax for two years for local residents.
Labour would protect front line services but also stand up for the hard working families and young people of Medway who are struggling with monthly bills.
Cllr Griffiths (Labour Finance Spokesperson) tonight announced at the full budget meeting a two-year freeze in future Council tax for Medway residents if elected in May, and challenged the Medway Conservatives for the deceit over the VAT rise which has penalised the Medway middle class.
It is a real welcome to see Cllr Griffiths recognise that families are suffering because of the Conservative cuts to local services, train fare rises, fuel price hikes and the struggle around home budgets caused through concerns around the economy.
The Tories have fibbed. They pledged not to increase VAT, and increased it. They pledged not to increase train fares, and increased them. They pledged no NHS re-organisations; and have introduced a wholesale privatisation.
Cllr Griffiths also busted the myths around an alternative. If Labour had won the election, we would have had half the cuts that we observe today. That would mean real terms budgets to libraries, Sure Start, road re-surfacing and parks protected from the Tory axe.
The Conservatives are cutting too far and too fast and the latest GDP figures and future predictions of sluggish growth highlight why the Conservatives have taken the wrong approach. The George Osborne plan is reckless and shows how out of touch and elitist the Tories are; standing up for the wealthy few against the average hard working family.
A welcome development indeed and it shows Labour representing the mainstream and moderate majority of Medway residents.
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