EYNESBURY WARD

EYNESBURY ROSE
Tory and Liberal Councillors continue to fail the people of Eynesbury
St. Neots pays more in council tax than any other town in Huntingdonshire but while a small fortune has been spent on the new Town Hall and new leisure facilities in Huntingdon –Eynesbury continues to be starved of basic facilities and resources. Our district councillors do what their political masters in Huntingdon tell them to and continue to fail to fight for the resources needed to rebuild and rejuvenate our area.
Council Tax rebate
Our district council has been throwing away our hard earned money right, left and centre on expensive and wasteful schemes like the refurbishment of the Town Hall and lavish ‘twinning’ jaunts to the Continent. For this reason the Labour government forced the Council to return some of our hard earned money to us through capping the spiralling waste of the District Council. The Tory and Liberal councillors for Eynesbury fought tooth and nail against giving you back this money.
Destruction rather than investment
Our swimming pool- bought by the residents of the town through public subscription -was demolished by the District Council in November 2004
and the area has remained a gated field ever since. The Liberal and Tory Councillors for Eynesbury enthusiastically supported this demolition and remain committed to opposing the redevelopment of the site for leisure facilities for our town.
Asbestos contamination
Many blocks housing young families in and around the Sandfields Roads area are contaminated with asbestos- our councillors have been happy to allow this situation to continue for many years. Rather than spending money on removing the asbestos from these flats they have been more interested in spending money on a lavish refurbishment of the Town Hall.
Garage Rents
Eynesbury’s Tory Councillors voted in favour of selling off the District
Council’s garages to Huntingdon Housing Partnership who have
Promptly doubled the price of garage rents for Eynesbury’s residents.
The situation in this area is likely to get worse with HHP vowing to raise
rental costs still further in coming years. Labour is against any further
garage rent rises.

Mystery men and women
Do you know who your District Councillor is? Have you ever seen him or her? Once our Tory and Liberal councillors are elected we never see them again. If elected Labour councillors are committed to holding regular surgeries in the area where you can meet them and discuss the local issues that affect you.
Failure all round.
There are many other areas where our Tory and Liberal Councillors continue to fail the people of Eynesbury whether it is through poor street lighting, broken pavements or the lack of seats in the cemetery for our old people to use when visiting loved ones who have passed away. Money and resources have flowed out of Eynesbury to Huntingdon while our local Tory and Liberal district councillors have done absolutely nothing to stop the flow. Our town centre is full of opticians and estate agents rather than the major retailers that a town of our size deserves. Our leisure facilities and amenities are a joke and our teenagers have nothing to do. Our Tory and Liberal Councillors have sat back and watched this happen.
Fine Liberal words but no action.
Liberal councillors have made hundreds of promises over the years but once they are elected they have been happy to sit back and watch Eynesbury decline. More and more people are beginning to see that they will say anything to get elected and have no firm beliefs in anything other than getting power for power’s sake alone.
It can be different
Labour in Eynesbury is committed to fighting for Eynesbury and its residents. We have no political masters in Huntingdon telling us what to do and how to vote. We are campaigning for additional resources to be put into this area and we have fought against wasteful schemes like the refurbishment of the Town Hall or the demolition of the open air swimming pool in Huntingdon St. The Tory and Liberal district councillors have had their chance and have failed the people of our area badly. If they get in again they will continue to fail Eynesbury as they have in the past.

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