Alms house pity, Trust the LibDems; it's only money, your money! Options

[On the edge]

Oh dear, this week's NWN reports that NTC turned down a request from the trustees replacing the Mable Luke Almshouses for ten grand. Senior LibDems (who just happen to be trustees) are wringing hands and gnashing teeth at the injustice of it all!

What planet do these people inhabit? Is a Council in a financial environment were every brass farthing is closely scrutinised and even quite necessary services stopped likely to bail out a clearly flush charity?

And these are the people who think then should be trusted to form an alternative Government!

[spartacus]

With their begging letter to the Council and the various articles in the NWN over the last months which included how short they were of funds to allow this development to be completed and provided links to their 'justgiving' page you do wonder why there was the need for the demolition to proceed if there weren't the funds there. The houses may (or may not) have been run down but they were still habitable.

[Simon Kirby]

With their begging letter to the Council and the various articles in the NWN over the last months which included how short they were of funds to allow this development to be completed and provided links to their 'justgiving' page you do wonder why there was the need for the demolition to proceed if there weren't the funds there. The houses may (or may not) have been run down but they were still habitable.

They've had £125k from the Greenham Common Trust and a further £420k from central government, so if they're still scratching round for more cash it really does seem as though they are over-stretching themselves.