The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
7 March (Part 1) - The word according to Saint Teresa
This is what Council Leader Teresa O’Neil had to say about the budget on Wednesday.
• Bexley Council has successfully managed their meagre finances through challenging times.
• Residents have been put first.
• We have lived within our means.
• When corrective action was required it was done.
• It is statutorily required that the budget is balanced and it is.
• Bexley has not had to apply for exceptional support like Barnet, Croydon,
Haringey, Havering, Lambeth and Newham.
• When monitoring budgets no data is used until we are sure of its validity.
Planning is an iterative process.
• Contrary to Labour’s claim, Bexley did not apply for a Capitalisation Order
before the pandemic however it was prudent to apply
during the pandemic but it was never called upon.
• Since the General Election the funding of Social Care (Adults’ and Children’s)
has become uncertain. There has been no multi-year settlement.
• There is now a major discrepancy in grants between Inner and Outer London. If
Bexley’s funding met the average it would receive an extra £63 million a year.
• The Government gave London a £69 million recovery grant but it only went to Labour boroughs.
• The Government has landed Bexley residents with two new burdens; no Winter Fuel
Allowance. 34,000 Bexley residents lost out to a needless cut.
• Secondly the increased National Insurance Contributions will hit the Council and its
suppliers. The Government provided an insufficient £1·6 million in compensation
which will not be available next year.
• Bexley is the safest borough but it has the money to invest in new CCTV.
Note: Whilst this is not a verbatim report all the important words recorded above are the Leader’s.