Sir – The county council cabinet is always ready to blame the previous government for all the financial shortcomings of this council’s administration.
Now our transport department can enjoy the profligacy of an extra £5m handed down from the Conservative government to improve bus lanes and park-and-ride.
Why are they not ashamed that the council is still not able to:
- Continue to transport elderly and disabled people to day care centres
- Maintain the existing level of youth activities
- Put aside funds to prevent bed blocking from our hospitals or keep open all our libraries, but can still raise money for transport measures, which by any measure are not essential?
John Sanders, Labour spokesman on transport, Oxford
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