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Letter: Budgeting doesn't seem to be a strong point of our council

F Morrison
·1-min read
'Tax payers should not have to be in a position where they need to bail councils out who have failed to budget', says a reader. (Photo: Submitted)
'Tax payers should not have to be in a position where they need to bail councils out who have failed to budget', says a reader. (Photo: Submitted)

In turn, Government money comes from our hard-earned taxes, at a time where our own cost of living is a struggle and we all have to keep to tight budgets.
While I am not happy with the current Government’s lack of sticking to their 2019 manifesto, a pattern is emerging which seems to confirm comments I have seen that Labour should not really be trusted with the public purse.
Tax payers should not have to be in a position where they need to bail councils out who have failed to budget, especially the likes of Chesterfield Borough Council, who decided to spread around £2.5 million in bonuses.

F. Morrison

Chesterfield