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We the undersigned are deeply concerned about Bromley Council's decision to make £33 million of cuts, that will affect many vulnerable people in the borough including services for the elderly and disabled, youth and children's centres, libraries, park rangers, school-crossing patrols, help with school uniforms, and loss of public toilets.
We therefore call on the councillors to reconfigure their budget decisions and use some of their £58.5 million reserves as recommended by the Local Government Minister, Andrew Stunell MP on 2 March 2011.
We also urge Tory and Lib Dem councillors to look at an alternative to the public expenditure cuts by putting pressure on the government to:
· curb bankers' bonuses
· tax the banks at a much higher rate
· crack down on tax evasion/avoidance by the banks and other big businesses
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February 4, 2012
I was just looking at the library plans again and honestly it keeps me up at night thinking about those kids losing their safe spaces while the council sits on those reserves. Someone messaged me today about the school crossing patrols and it really hit home that this is about real people who just need to get by while the big decisions happen in rooms we cannot even enter.
February 4, 2012
I honestly thought I was shouting into the void when I started this but looking at the screen now is truly surreal. It is wild how momentum builds when people actually decide they have had enough of these budget choices.
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Total joke. They have the money in the bank but choose to punish the vulnerable. Pathetic.
its disgraceful. cutting libraries and school crossing patrols is just going to hurt the people who need help the most. use the reserves!
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We the undersigned are deeply concerned about Bromley Council's decision to make £33 million of cuts, that will affect many vulnerable people in the borough including services for the elderly and disabled, youth and children's centres, libraries, park rangers, school-crossing patrols, help with school uniforms, and loss of public toilets.
We therefore call on the councillors to reconfigure their budget decisions and use some of their £58.5 million reserves as recommended by the Local Government Minister, Andrew Stunell MP on 2 March 2011.
We also urge Tory and Lib Dem councillors to look at an alternative to the public expenditure cuts by putting pressure on the government to:
· curb bankers' bonuses
· tax the banks at a much higher rate
· crack down on tax evasion/avoidance by the banks and other big businesses
Updates
February 4, 2012
I was just looking at the library plans again and honestly it keeps me up at night thinking about those kids losing their safe spaces while the council sits on those reserves. Someone messaged me today about the school crossing patrols and it really hit home that this is about real people who just need to get by while the big decisions happen in rooms we cannot even enter.
February 4, 2012
I honestly thought I was shouting into the void when I started this but looking at the screen now is truly surreal. It is wild how momentum builds when people actually decide they have had enough of these budget choices.
3 Comments
What about the kids? No youth centres and no school uniform help? Bromley council has lost the plot completely.
Total joke. They have the money in the bank but choose to punish the vulnerable. Pathetic.
its disgraceful. cutting libraries and school crossing patrols is just going to hurt the people who need help the most. use the reserves!
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What about the kids? No youth centres and no school uniform help? Bromley council has lost the plot completely.