Gordon Hook

Liberal Democrat District Councillor for Buckland and Milber Learn more

£1/2 Million Council “Bonus” Income….We Will Help The Young

by admin on 17 January, 2018

Figures I obtained by questioning at this weeks Teignbridge Council meeting demonstrate that since 2010/11 almost £1/2 million has been collected by the council from using car park ticketing machines which don’t give change. In my opinion this is scandalous, and is one thing Lib Dems would change if we regain control of the council in May 2019. It seems as though this money is used on car parks. Really?? Think about that for a moment…what evidence do you or I see of that sort of money being used on car parks? Not a lot!
My reaction to all this is that either a) they should look harder for change giving machines or b) they should round down charges so change giving becomes much less necessary or c) invest that money in sustainable transport. If Lib Dems come to power in 2019 then we will use this money to subsidize a free ( or heavily subsidized) bus pass for the 16 – 19 year olds. Young people should be helped to stay on in education, getting qualifications to fit them for life. If they want to go to work or to an apprenticeship help will be at hand via this bus pass, as cash is hard come by at that stage of life. We need to do all we can to help young people at this particularly difficult time in their lives, and we Lib Dems will do it.

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