Tories and Labour unite to oppose Lib Dem proposals to reverse car parking increases

At last night’s District Council budget meeting Labour councillors refused to support Liberal Democrat proposals to reverse the disastrous parking charges introduced by the Conservative administration – while some Tory members claimed that no shops had closed in St Albans since the introduction of Sunday parking.

“We were baffled to hear the Labour group decided not to support our motion to change the car parking regime, especially as they had already voted to change it at the July council meeting. It is clear that if you vote Labour in St Albans you are propping up the Tory Administration,” commented local Liberal Democrat councillor Gerard McHale.

“Over the course of the debate one Labour councillor commented that they believed that Sunday charges are fair in St Albans and encouraged St Albans shoppers to go to London Colney instead, showing that Labour cannot be trusted to look after our city centre.

“In addition to the car parking changes the Tory and Labour members failed to support changes to support flood victims, to reduce the backlog of resident parking and to provide bike racks in flats around the district” added Liberal Democrat group leader Chris White.

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