It was interesting to see that on 17 February, the day before Budget Council, the Kirklees Lib-Dems were claiming they were going to support the implementation of a Living Wage for all Council employees.
They were good enough to declare their intention to the world, or at least the people of Kirklees, via Twitter:
They were good enough to declare their intention to the world, or at least the people of Kirklees, via Twitter:
Admirable as the sentiment was, sentiment is what it remained, as on the 18 February the Lib-Dem Group chose not to vote in favour of the Kirklees Labour budget proposals. Since it was Labour who had proposed committing in their budget to pay Kirklees Council employees the Living Wage, the Lib-Dems did not follow through on their very public announcement.
Perhaps people should remind the Lib-Dems that sentiment does not put food on the table, but a Living Wage would.
