More pay for Mark

There is one thing that is now sure within Northumberland – we are heading for period of financial stricture and belt-tightening in Wansbeck and Blyth Valley, under the new Northumberland Council run by the Tories and Liberals.

The person responsible of course currently leads the Labour Group at County Hall and we have come to this courtesy of Mr Hillman due to his desire to remain in power and retain his allowances.
He is supported by the Executive at the council and a few hangers on who now themselves are desperate for places to stand in the looming elections.

Be in no doubt this is an election and a change in local government that very few wanted, even now those at County Hall are squirming with the embarrassment of being hoodwinked by a Government more keen of saving money than providing good local government to those of us in the County.

In Wansbeck we are very proud of the record investment that has been achieved by a genuine Labour controlled authority. In Blyth Valley they have a record breaking Council one where setting low budgets is a matter of course – an ‘Excellent’ rated council.

The cadre of masochistic councillors who have brought this disaster upon us are at this very moment plotting and turning trying to gain support for their allowances.

There is however one person who could have stopped this all – Mr Hillman.
A short and recent history shows us that this is the councillor who ejected the children of a local panto group from HIS community centre.
This is the same man who stood by while Arriva stopped the only bus route serving his own community, and did NOTHING!
We must not forget the closure of the ‘underused’ nursery school in his ward. Underused partly because of competition from the nursery in his own Community Centre!


We haven’t even mentioned his closure of libraries, fire stations, care homes, training centres, the loss of 28 firemen’s posts, which ahs left Wansbeck without one fire station in its area. These have all happened on Mr Hillmans ‘watch’.
After imposing an academy on Blyth against the wishes of his won councillors, his own party, his own, MP, his own teachers, parents and children he seeks to the same in Ashington and Newbiggin – shutting nine schools and handing the education of children to private hands led by that well known educationalist the Duke of Northumberland, the gardener from Alnwick . Dennis Murphy says it all – there is no political direction at County Hall the leadership is out of control and the council are getting prepared to hand him even more powers next month!

Peter must now but looking two ways at once in his belief in his Executive officers to whom, he, on his own, has given a 20% rise whilst cutting services and tripling care
Charges in just 3 years!


Yet more pay for Henderson or…………………….

This can be all stopped and the certainty of the leader not being re-elected could do it. We could stop now and tell the government it just wouldn’t work, let them come in and try and force it through.