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Cllr Robin Hunter-Clarke says it as it is: “They don’t like change, do they?” 👇 The very first act of the new Reform administration at County Council was to support a proposal from the Chief Executive to abolish the three political assistant posts that the largest political groups are entitled to appoint. To be clear, nobody has lost their job. Any previous contracts ended with the election, and those positions will simply not be renewed. Our group was also entitled to appoint a political assistant. We could have insisted on keeping the scheme and taking our share of the benefit. We chose not to. The saving to the taxpayer is £163,000. Some opposition councillors argued that these roles are necessary. We disagree. Councillors are elected to represent residents, scrutinise decisions and make political arguments. Taxpayers should not be expected to fund what are in effect party-political staff to do that for them. We were told we don’t know what we are talking about. They didn’t realise that although a lot of our Councillors are new to local government and how it works - I am not! More importantly, the council’s financial position is extremely serious. We cannot continue with the mindset that every existing cost is untouchable. The old way of doing things has brought local government to a point where difficult decisions are unavoidable. Everything must be looked at. Everything must be challenged. Everything must justify its existence. When councils are under immense financial pressure, spending £163,000 on political assistants is exactly the kind of cost that should be questioned. This decision alone will not solve the council’s financial problems. But it sends a clear message about the direction of travel. The culture has to change. For too long there has been an assumption that because something has always existed, it should continue to exist. We reject that thinking. We refuse to join the club. Residents expect us to treat public money with the same care they treat their own household budgets. That’s exactly what we intend to do. The era of business as usual is over. Cllr Robin Hunter-Clarke

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