News from Croydon Labour

Croydon’s savage cuts hit education and jobs hardest

The Tory led coalition Government have unleashed savage cuts on Croydon with our Town receiving the highest level of cuts of any outer London borough and the 2nd highest in London.

HEADLINE CUTS:
* £2.97 Million from Education.
* £169,000 from Supporting People.
* £1.943 Million from LEGI programme – business and jobs funding.
* £18,000 from Community Cohesion.
* £38,000 from Home Office programme.

Labour Opposition Leader Councillor Tony Newman said: “We are demanding answers, why have Croydon Tories failed to stand up for Croydon and defend us from these brutal cuts, for years they claimed if we had a Tory Government Croydon would get ‘fairer funding’ that is clearly not true.”

“We are today calling for the spending on the expensive new luxury Council HQ to be halted and will be launching a petition to present to Downing Street to demand the Tory Government stops targeting Croydon.”

Labour’s Deputy Leader Councillor Alison Butler added: “Croydon Tories inherited a golden legacy of funding from the last Labour Government, to have seen how they have wasted and squandered this money has been deeply upsetting, but for the current Council Leader Mike Fisher to allow our Town to have been attacked in this way by his own Tory Government simply beggars belief. Croydon now more than ever needs Councillors prepared to defend it, something Councillor Fisher has clearly failed to do.”

Other news from Croydon Labour

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• "Black History Month is a left wing vanity project" claims Croydon Tory - 18 November 2010
• Croydon Conservatives target Timebridge Youth Centre for closure - 11 November 2010