Do you honestly think that Medway Conservatives are fiscally competent?
The news that Medway was the worst local authority in the entire South East for uncollected Council Tax with almost £6m outstanding is an outrage which serves to highlight the total incomptence of the current Conservative administration.
This figure has worsened on my piece in late 2010 when the Conservatives had failed to collect £4m in Council tax. This is now the twelfth year running that our bill has continued to rise.
Over the same period we have seen other Authorities reduce the outstanding Council tax debts so there is simply no excuse. Unless you consider incompetence as an excuse?
This blog would suggest that the local Tories have just continued to blindly ignore the problem; this has those that pay Council Tax continue suffering the cuts to Sure Start, Libraries and other services which impact the front line, whilst a number of people are getting away with out paying.
Despite all the hot air about managing your money sensibly this current Council stands in shame as the worst performer when compared with all the other 67 Authorities in the South East. A position which serves to highlight why the Conservatives locally can not be trusted with the finances on the Council.
The Council spin machine incorrectly stated that this was only in comparison with smaller district Councils. However Slough, Southampton and Brighton & Hove are all Unitary Authorities so this is a flawed response.
We have yet to have any apology from the Medway Conservatives and not one member of the administration has deemed it appropriate to comment on their shameful legacy.
As the budget day approaches the public can smell the stench of Tory mismanagement as predicted by this blog in December. The simple fact this is but the latest in a sorry saga of financial mismanagement.
Councillor Jarretts budgetary incompetence is well documented and this latest piece of news just serves to reinforce his record; no grip, no clue, no future:
Walderslade School overspend
Non-Council Tax collection (again)
The above is merely the tip of the iceberg but adds up to multiple millions of pounds of your money squandered.
The incompetence permeates every level of the local Conservative Party; they have simply lost grip of good financial governance.
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