Cllr Mumtaz Hussain
Speech to Budget Council
2016
"I think it’s interesting that the Lib Dems have followed the Conservatives in pulling funding from our town centres, which benefit all our residents, to spend on unviable projects in their own wards.
As councillors, we have a responsibility to think about all of our residents, and when making decisions with such large sums of money, we should be strategic, not parochial.
It’s disappointing that the Lib Dems don’t seem to realise this.
Investment in Dewsbury and Huddersfield town centres is much-needed and will benefit everybody, from the businesses and traders who have increased footfall, to the residents and tourists who have a better town centre, to the local people who gain employment.
It’s the council’s responsibility to support regeneration schemes like this, not to scrap them."
