Budget
Budget
At the full council budget meeting on 2 March 2022:
  • The Conservatives voted against Labour’s amendment to freeze Council Tax until 2024
  • The Conservatives voted against Labour’s amendment to freeze Council rents until 2023
  • The Conservatives voted against Labour’s amendment to hold a zero-based budget review and cut wasteful spending
  • The Conservatives forgot to vote in favour of their own budget- showing the same level of competence that led them to build the £6m Marble Arch Mound. After it was initially voted down the Lord Mayor had to rerun the vote several minutes later.

Westminster Labour Group Leader Cllr Adam Hug said

It’s a clear sign that Westminster Conservatives are out of touch with the needs of local residents as they refused to back Labour’s 2 year Council Tax Freeze. They refused to stop future vanity projects despite splurging £6m of local residents money on the Marble Arch Mound. Boris Johnson’s flagship Conservative Council have been wasting your money and taking you for fools.

Read more on Labour’s alternative plans see here: Labour’s Budget for Westminster: Lower Taxes, Fairer Spending

Watch below the moment the Conservatives voted against helping local residents with the cost of living crisis:

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