THE SURREY SWINDLE - tell us the truth!
It was interesting to see the reaction of our Conservative MP Jason McCartney when I met him last Friday. He obviously knows that Surrey have been offered a bung to keep them quiet, he knows what our situation is. He joined us in our "all party" delegation to the Minister to explain our position.
As soon as we met, on Friday, he started claiming that all that had happened is that Surrey had been added to the Business Rates Pilot. He then said he could get us added to the same pilot if we wanted it. He knows, because that is in the pack we gave him that it would mean a £14m cut for Kirklees, unlike the £44m bonus that Surrey have allegedly been handed in a secret memorandum of understanding.
Obviously Tory MPs have been given a briefing of how to try to explain the £44m swindle. Like the secret letters to Tory MPs that we are not allowed to read.
Let us be absolutely plain about this, Surrey are to be allowed to keep £44m that was due to go to the treasury, this offer, as far as we know has not been made to anyone else, remember last year they were given £12m in the lets bribe the Tory Shires Scheme dreamed up by the government.
Just when are people outside of the Tory South East going to realise they are being "Screwed" by this Neroesque government.
