So the council have announced another £27m in cuts. But to the wakefield express article, can anybody explain what the following relates to: "Despite the cuts, the council is proposing a £200m investment programme up until 2018/19. The plans include: • £15m in leisure facilities in the Five Towns and South East of the district" ? Taken from m.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-7722846

So the council have announced another £27m in cuts. But to the wakefield express article, can anybody explain what the following relates to: "Despite the cuts, the council is proposing a £200m investment programme up until 2018/19. The plans include: • £15m in leisure facilities in the Five Towns and South East of the district" ? Taken from m.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-7722846

Cant see it. Sainsburys is far too posh for Cas.

You’re forgetting the life size twenty four carat solid gold statue of Mr Box positioned high above the main entrance to the new Cas ground, with his middle finger up, pointing towards Wakefield .

So Lateral pay £15M for a stadium while the WMDC (Box) siphons off £15M which pays for other parts of the development which would otherwise have been Laterals responsibility.

Same difference!

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I presume some of the money is for a new swimming pool?

Great! So we can expect a cut in council tax bills then?Oh...wait a minute....

Maybe Mr Box should take a cut on his wage too then, eh....

Aren't WMDC putting our council tax up by 2%?

Isn't that to pay for more police though?

Probably to pay for that palatial HQ they've built at the top of the Normanton bypass.

Every council in England are complaining about the reduction being placed on them but some of you believe Wakefield have bucked the trend and are in fact cash rich. I believe one D Cameron wrote to his council about the cuts which is strange considering he is responsible for them. This was backed up by his mother who signed a petition against the cuts.
Why should the council buy us the ground, we should be able to raise the funds necessary to secure both our future and have a source of income.
I ask the question what if we had left then I presume all restrictions are removed and BOI would have been able to sell the land for more and we would basically be nomads unless Newmarket is built.

Correct - I work with lots of them, and I can attest to the fact that many are, at present, technically bankrupt, so the type of cuts WMDC are talking about are happening everywhere.

Well done to anyone who voted Tory - this is what you voted for - 5 more years of ideological austerity.