New threat of Council office move

3.56.35pm GMT Sat 17th Mar 2007

Conservatives on the district council have announced their intention to 'review' repairs to the district council offices at the end of 2007.

Liberal Democrats and local people fought to stop extravagant Conservative plans to move the Council offices, which would cost £200 for every man, woman and child in the district.

Liberal Democrats suspect this is a signal that Conservatives will resurrect their plans to move the district council offices at a cost to taxpayers of over £14 million.

'Extravagant and wasteful' Liberal Democrat Group Leader Gareth Wilson said, "Repairing the existing Council building will cost much less than the extravagant and wasteful Conservative plans." £200 for every man, woman and child in the district.

Liberal Democrats and local people managed to defeat the outrageous Conservative plans just over a year ago, and persuaded the Conservatives to spend considerably less by refurbishing the existing building.

The initial cost of the plans was estimated at £7million, however, this soon escalated to over £14.5million.

Liberal Democrats will continue to fight against the resurrection of these wasteful plans.