Lib Dems want to make music with the people of Bedfordshire

12.25.23pm GMT Tue 21st Feb 2006

Lib Dem Rosemary Bootiman Has Slammed the Tory Run County Council For Cutting Funds to its Music Service

At last week's County Council meeting the Tory-run County Council voted as part of their budget a cut to the funding of Bedfordshire¹s Music Service. This service is of importance to many children and adults within Bedfordshire.

The Tory-run County Council slashed this funding by £68k. Lib Dem Cllr Rosemary Bootiman expressed her concerns in the council meeting, suggesting that this service was playing'second fiddle, when they should be up front with the section leaders¹.

After the meeting Lib Dem Councillor Rosemary Bootiman said 'The worry is that this service provides many people with a positive activity, and parents already have to pay a large sum every term for their child to access the service. We hope that this cut will not increase the bill and that the detrimental impact is kept to a minimum.'