Its very sad that the council had been left with what the judge described as "enormous financial pressure" in the first place. As the Judge states (as quoted by the Harlow-Star):
the council had been faced with an increasingly fraught financial situation, confronted by a "perfect storm" of falling income, rising service demand and a meagre rise in Government grants".
Had not the previous Labour and Liberal Administration left the Council coffers empty, had the Government given Harlow a proper grant - only £6000, £271,000 less than the average council, had the Government not taken £13 million from Harlow housing rents every year, this difficult decision would never have been even need to be considered in the first place.
Of course I respect the ruling of the Judge and will read the full judgement.
I am sure the Council will now give further consultation to disabled and minority groups as required.
I have and will continue to urge my colleagues on the council to ensure that Harlow has good welfare advice provision.
Robert Halfon
Prospective MP for Harlow Constituency
Working Hard for Harlow, Hastingwood, Nazeing, Roydon & Sheering
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