LIB DEMS PROPOSE £1 MILLION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Liberal Democrats condemned the Conservative group at county hall for failing to back proposals to increase spending on youth by £1 million.
Liberal Democrats at County Hall say: ‘It beggars belief that the Tory run County Council still does not get it. Young people need to be given something to do. Our proposals would have provided a subsidy for young people to enable them to use District Council leisure facilities or provide activities in areas where there are currently none. This would have been paid for by reducing the wastage and over staffing at County Hall.
Local Hitchin Liberal Democrat Paul Clark says;”We need to respect our young people and give them something to do that they want, then they will not be tempted into harm’s way. But the Tories seemed locked into an old-fashioned approach to youth provision which sees it as somehow an arm of the Education Department and Schools. In todays modern age the young people want to be treated fairly and given a choice which is what our proposals would have done.”
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