As reported on BBC Look North – Northumberland County Council are planning to lend £8.5 to Alnwick Garden to create a play area. Whilst it is undoubtedly an ambitious and attractive project is it right to use money from Council Tax payers of Northumberland to fund this? Was it right for Northumberland County Council to lend £78m to their development subsidiary to buy Cramlington shopping centre.
Our candidate Nick Oliver responds to the news.
“Northumberland Council’s elected leaders seem to have lost sight of their key role. Using local authority money to fund projects like this is risky and nobody really knows what burden this will put on residents of our county in future. Northumberland Conservatives will focus on proper regeneration projects and providing core services which is why we must vote out this Labour / Independent coalition”.