Supporting recycling, Andrew Maric
“I recently received a policy refresh from the Conservative Milton Keynes Council which made some suspicious statements and made me wonder if the Conservatives may start to charge you for the luxury of recycling pink sacks in Milton Keynes, it certainly doesn’t rule it out!?
It stated the following changes to the policy:
“Contribute towards the budgetary savings required, reviewing the charges for services which, to date have been provided free of charge, but where there is flexibility for local authorities to introduce charging. (S)”
Also on the back under ‘Actions for 2011-2013 are’
“…improve income and improve efficiency, including charges for services where there is the flexibility to do so…”
It not only would be political suicide for the MK Conservatives to introduce charges but absolutely outrageous to you and me as bog standard tax payers.
Maybe the Conservatives should cut back on internal red tape and senior directors before thinking about short cuts to savings by charging people money they simply cannot afford. I don’t support the plans for introducing charges for bulky waste removal either, its not only stupid but will put areas on a backwards spiral to more bulky waste being ditched on the side of the road. It’s just not worth the money they think they can generate from it. Sure its fine if you are affluent enough to afford the money, but if you barely break even each month and struggle to put food on the table, what are you going to do? Put food on the table for children and family or pay another stealth tax out of your wallet to collect your broken washing machine, which should already be covered in your taxes anyway!
In any event, this change in policy wording doesn’t protect the Newport Pagnell taxpayer in any way from future charging, if anything it opens a dangerous door for the future.”
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