"George Osborne seems out of touch with reality" - Scott Collins

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Thu 10th Sep 2009

George Osborne - Wants to learn fro Tory Council!!!

The Conservative shadow chancellors comment that a Conservative Government must learn from the way Conservative's run the councils they control will surely raise a smile across Northamptonshire amongst the elderly, the vulnerable, the disabled and the young alike.

Scott Collins, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate in next year's General election said "This has to be a joke. Since the Conservatives took control of the Counties services there has barely been an area that has not failed, been slashed or just plain removed"

"For the man who wants to manage the countries finances to think that Government can learn lesson from Conservative Councils is a shocking statement and must herald an era of cuts in support for the most vulnerable, a reduction in investing in new services, massive financial mismanagement and debt and not surprisingly another era of spin and denials"

"This is the way the Conservatives have run Northamptonshire County Council. I am sure the exposure of the £268 Million of debt already accrued by this administration is surely only a sign of the slash and burn budget we can expect from the newly elected cohort of Conservative councilors. We all know how deep they cut in their first post election budget in 2006."

The comment made to a Conservative Seminar in London surely highlights the Conservative mindset of cuts, cuts and more cuts.

Commenting further Scott said "Only the Liberal Democrats have the policies to make a real difference to the economy, education, employment and people's lives in Britain . A careful future of support and the removal of government waste and mismanagement compared with the Conservative mantra of blindly cutting services to fit the budget regardless of the outcome or affect on peoples lives"