20 March 2023
Dorset Council voted on its budget at the recent full council meeting on February 14th 2023.
You can watch Green Group Leader Clare Sutton's short speech in response to the budget proposals
In her speech Clare focussed on the need for a step change in:
Dorset Council needs to do MUCH better on this, to keep our young people and essential workers in the county, and should consider being a direct provider of social housing. This received some support from members of all parties.
We need to reverse the ongoing decline of public transport to improve the mobility of mainly younger, poorer and elderly residents and think Dorset Council should be seriously considering running some of this directly. Again, this received some cross-party support.
SO many Youth Clubs in Dorset, including 6 in Weymouth and Portland, have closed since the swingeing cuts in 2016. Those that remain need more help as running costs escalate.
A more commercial (and swifter!) approach to this is needed to resource greater ambition in the above areas.
We continue to press for not more words but action.
You can download the full spech here as a pdf.
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