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Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Fylde's Problems are not unique - Budgetary Pressures hit national News!



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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3434377.ece

At this weeks Prime Minister Question Time Michael Jack asked the Gordon Brown, "Would he ensure that the monies given to small District Councils for concessionary bus travel was enough?? (Copy the link below into your browser and fast forward to the 50th minute)The Answer given was that the PM felt £275.000 additional funding given to Fylde to cover the National Scheme was adequate!.

I believe we need another £300,000! What was worrying about his answer was, that the Prime Minister did not answer Michael's question, which leads me to believe that Fylde will not receive a refund should an overspend occur. This means that Concessionary Bus Travel will now have to become a "High Priority" service for the Council at the expense of local residents both in monetary terms and through a reduction in their local services.

https://webmail1.fylde.gov.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5170000/newsid_5176600/5176654.stm?bw=bb%26mp=wm%26news=1%26bbcws=1
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