"Socialist" [Cooper] Lies to the Poor!

May I start by saying this story - like many others in The Skidder - came via "information received". There are many good folk in Sandwell and beyond who are prepared to contest blatant porkies from Sandwell Labour and I am most grateful for their help.

Let me take you back to 21st April, 2014 when The Guardian did a piece about the local welfare provisions which allow councils to provide emergency help to the poor. The article pointed out that some £67m remained unspent by English authorities despite these austere times.

Step forwarded the twittering moron who purports to "lead" Sandwell Labour - yes, "The Turdmeister" himself, Darren Cooper. The Orifice of Oldbury immediately sought to gain political kudos and for those unfamiliar with Twitter "re-tweeted" (RT) the link to the article and added his own quote - shown in bold:

"Councils sit on £67m help for poor (link to Guardian item) < RT Not in Sandwell all allocated to most in need"

This was just after the end of the 2013/2014 financial year and The Skidder team was contacted to say that this was, er, untrue.

I have tonight received a response to a Freedom of Information request (you know - the ones "Turdy" loves so much) which says:

1. The total LWP (Local Welfare Provision) budget for 2013/2014 - £1,334,354;

2. The actual LWP spend - £765,462.59. The underspend was reallocated to the LWP budget for 2014/2015.

And so, whilst the oafish Cooper has been bouncing up and down about austerity and Tory cuts, his Labour Group deprived the poorest and most vulnerable folk in Sandwell of over 43% of the emergency monies due to them and then he lied about it!

Of course, he says his ludicrous boasting on twitter is nothing to do with SMBC which is why he puts his twitter name on his official business card! Turdy - and Sandwell Labour - you have shafted the poor again (like you did with the CTR fiasco) AND tried to take us all for mugs!

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