| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Just what are the Tories and Junior Tories doing to our borough? | |
| Posted by: | Corinna Smart | |
| Date/Time: | 06/03/09 17:31:00 |
| Shame that Phil Andrews cant or will not answer in a proper manner. I will leave Dave to respond should he wish to. I resent the accusation that I was under any influence other than having spent a couple of hours listening to the Tories at the budget meeting being offensive to many Labour Councillors ( and dragging up history instead of explaining exactly what they were wanting to do with £7 million) The fact that the meeting was allowed to get out of hand - as the Tories were allowed to say whatever they wanted- even the Leader swearing - he did apologise ! But as for the comments of Macgregor/Lynch and Lee well they would not have been allowed to behave like that in Hounslow Classrooms! Lynch did admit that they didn't know where the £517000 savings in the Language Service budget was to come from. It was not discussed at the Schools Forum where Lynch was absent. Hopefully the Council will consult both the NUT and the Heads and the Language Service before deciding where this saving is coming from? Oh yes and maybe they could put this to Childrens and Young People Scutiny Panel? The service is an Excellent one at the moment but only caters for 60% of the needy children of our borough. The subsidy that helps pay for teaching children who arrive with English as a second language is vital for them to perform well in school and in exams. The fact that they do so well is a credit to the teachers of this service. Come on Phil you are all for Consultation.Persuade your buddies on the executive to do likewise! One of the things we did in power was to talk with the Unions before we put our budgets together. The Teachers deserved to be consulted before the event. I was impressed that there was cross party opposition to the proposed savings(the Tories and ICG like to call them) /cuts(as they are)from most of the opposition parties.Altho the Libdems as ever could not agree together. I know we are winning the arguement when insults aimed at Ruth Cadbury, Jagdish Sharma and Lily Bath were being thrown at them! |