Lancaster City Council has published its Annual Report for 2008/09, which gives an overview of the council and the district it serves, as well as a snapshot of some of its achievements and initiatives of the last year and priorities for the next 12 months.
“The last 12 months have been a difficult time for both the council and society in general,” commented Coun Stuart Langhorn, Leader of Lancaster City Council. Not really a surprize, considering the council is still coping with the fallout from the Iceland banking crisis and demands to make savage cuts to services. But despite this, “I believe that the council has had a successful year,” Langhorn adds.
“This report looks back at how some of the challenges we have had to overcome as well as looking forward to those we face in the future.”
• To view a copy of the report, visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/annualreport or contact Lancaster City Council’s Corporate Strategy Service on 01524 582150.
This is a Council that lacks effective scrutiny and fails to inform and involve the public in general decision making. For the past two years we have seen a Council run on a Proportional Representation basis. In the lat two years the Council have archived very little in terms of enhancing the Regeneration of deprived areas. Morecambe has been left with a new Council thus foisting upon the people of Morecambe an extra level of bureaucracy yet again without any effective scrutiny. The Council is now in grave danger of loosing good offciers while senior officers seemingly contol the policies and future action plans. I for one strongly believe that the Tax Payer is not receiving value for money when it comes to Council Services.