“It seems to have taken the Labour Administration nearly 9 months to arrive at this ludicrous and untrue claim as balances available for use are £9.3 million and not the figure claimed.
“In addition to this the previous Conservative Administration put aside £11 million into reserves, £5 million of which is now being used by the Labour Group in their current budget proposals.”
“Balances we spent last year were used to buy time for our savings packages to deliver huge cash savings and help with this year’s budget, foresight that the labour Administration must be very grateful for.”
These savings which amounted to £17.5 million over the previous 3 years included slashing senior management by 50% that helped us deliver the lowest council tax in the Midlands.”