Many local councils are in financial trouble, with some even declaring bankruptcy. How do you feel about the state of your local council services?
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00:00Some projects that maybe larger councils do are a little bit of vanity projects.
00:04It may be something as simple as just putting some bollards on a road just so you've got a
00:08cycle lane where for the last 10 years a cycle lane has been quite happily functioning with
00:12minimal accidents. So yeah I think some of the councils maybe have done it to themselves. You
00:17know what you've got to manage for the year and you know you've got to deliver for your
00:20constituents and your local community so it's about managing it correctly.
00:23There's always something they're working on like roadworks, making sure the town is clean
00:28and tidy. Buses being cancelled a lot of the times, frustrating waits at bus stops for buses
00:34that don't turn up. Especially when we're with the little one because you can't always get on them,
00:39they're too busy, push chairs and wheelchairs. The streets are relatively clean depending on
00:45the area you go to and we can constantly see that the bins do get taken out and they get
00:51refreshed and stuff. However some of the issues I would have to say is with services,
00:57in particular the police.