Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Cuts to Day Care Centres, Children's Services and Youth Services

According to a LibDem message emailed today :-

Local LibDem Councillors were very concerned about the cuts and knew there were other ways to make the savings so called for a review. A cross-party scrutiny committee agreed ( the Liberal ) recommendations to save services only a few days before the main Council meeting.

But unfortunately, at the meeting on Monday night, all the Labour councillors who were present voted the cuts through – and rejected the Liberal Democrat ( proposals ) to save services and invest in the borough.

They rejected the scrutiny committee recommendations, too.

Could our Harringay Labour councillors say whether they voted against the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee, and if so, why ?

Tags for Forum Posts: contempt, democracy, scrutiny

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by John McMullan on February 26, 2015 at 22:46

All the Labour councillors were whipped to vote for the budget proposed by the leadership. They all did.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on February 27, 2015 at 8:40

As I understand it, one of our Harringay councillors was on the scrutiny panel, supported the Libdem recommendations to save services but then voted for the cuts on Monday evening. Is this a trust issue or a "backbone" issue? Residents can decide. I would like an explaination.