Just seen a press release about the closure of the Hornsea Centre by WMDC using the same political spin as our MP. She cites "government cuts" as the reason for closures at our local A&E at Pontefract Hospital rather than a combination of cuts implemented by her own government and the PFI that she drove through. This has given the health trust a big modern building, few services, fewer beds and a huge ongoing financial problem, with little means to make it work. In the case of the Hornsea Centre, the Director of Family Services appears to have been trying to write it out of her personal script and kingdom for the last 5 years and the Portfolio Holder and Labour Cabinet are now also talking "government cuts".
From its opening in 1937, the Hornsea Centre has been a much loved resource which gave many school children from Wakefield their first chance to see the sea. Over the years that they have controlled the centre, Wakefield Council have bled it dry of resources to the point where the £1.5m cost of upgrading is such that they cannot even get a buyer to take it as a going concern. My bet is that with land cleared it will be sold off for housing or some such.
Looks like there is a general clearing of the decks using "Government Cuts" as an excuse to avoid admitting to poor judgement, overspending, under resourcing of key services such as highway repairs across the district or diversion of funding to pet projects by the Labour Cabinet of the Council.
35 years of Labour control coming home to roost and affecting the people of Wakefield, Pontefract and the rest of the Five Towns.
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