“…it reinforced the Westminster-centric mentality: the idea
that you get into power, to pull levers to make lives better for people. But I
think that experience has shown that they’re rubber levers. People pull them
but nothing happens. It makes our politics look even more hollow.” - Nick
Forbes, Newcastle’s council Labour Party leader.
Chi Onwurah, Labour Party
MP for Newcastle said she had seen signs of local unrest over issues like bin
collection, which has moved to once every fortnight.
“It’s certainly the case there are groups seeking to exploit
divisions, that are consequences of these cuts,” she said. “There are groups
blaming litter on certain ethnic groups. Of course, that’s going to cause
divisions and lay the foundations for unrest. That is a very clear example of
where funding cuts have caused increased divisions in communities you would
hope to be cohesive.”
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