Cllr Tulip Siddiq told the Ham and High this week: "As soon as I got the portfolio the officers recommended to cut down to four libraries but I disregarded that immediately. I think the reason it was put forward was because it was something the previous administration was planning."
That will be news to the Conservative and Liberal Democrat members of the previous council executive, it's not true and there is no evidence to suppport Cllr Siddiq's allegation. I suggest she comes up with some evidence to back up her claims, or thinks again before making unfounded allegations. As she well knows, the LibDem-Con administration increased library hours by 7%. In her speech to full council this week she singularly failed to recognise the considerable achievements of her precedessor in the culture portfolio Cllr Flick Rea, an omission that was noted on all sides of the council chamber.
There's certainly, as a result of the deteriorating national fiscal position, got to be a debate about the priorities for the council across all its services, and mindless opposition to any service changes is not something I would support. But just making things up about the previous council does not show much maturity from Cllr Siddiq. But we'll judge her on her actions.
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Dear Andrew Marshall
were you at the full council meeting? I was wacthing cllr Siddq's speech . she definitely thanked Flick Rea at the start of her speech .Your statement that it was'an omission that was noted on all sides of the council chambers . Is clearly untrue . Please get you facts straight if you are going to write such attacking blog.
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