Chesterfield LibDems challenge Labour Council's Funding of Government austerity measures
A very long and sometimes heated debate took place at a recent Chesterfield Borough Council meeting concerning the new Government's policy of a 10% cut to Council Tax grant across the country. Chesterfield Liberal Democrats put forward what we said was an obvious way to boost the council's budget and so go a good way to balancing the expected 10% loss resulting from the government's austerity measures.