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Massive cuts planned
The tories controlling Hertsmere Borough council are planning thousands of pounds of service cuts over the following months. They are really hoping you won't notice, and they're out to blame everyone except themselves.
They are doing this because they've gone on a massive spending spree, and because they can't stop wasting our money. Almost £130,000 was lost to this Council last year because they couldn't get the Parking Decriminalisation sorted out on time (people won't pay to park in the car parks when they can park on the high street for free).
The current spending spree at the waste and recycling department is because they were shamed by a damming Audit Commission report on recycling performance. They themselves have admitted that they have been useless in the past. An extra quarter of a million pounds has been spent on recycling alone in the past year. It's excellent news that they are at last getting a much larger proportion of domestic waste recycled, but the cost to Council Tax payers has been massive.
They've solved this latest crisis by throwing local Taxpayers money at it. Many years of incompetence followed by a mad dash to empty the Council chequebook is no substitute for a recycling policy.
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