20th January 2006, 04:45 PM
Right.... I am in desparate need of a list of LPAs that intend to cutback...
Then we can lobby at a national level and pressure politicians to take the provision of an adequate service seriously. If Local Govt is seeing shortfalls in budgets.. guess who will be first... UNLESS... we can show with facts and figures the positive benefits that are acheived by having a robust heritage service.
ie.... community wellbeing...
or adequate advice for developers during a p[eriod of increased house building... but perhaps most importantly a need to make it a voting issue... support heritage or lose votes..
Another day another WSI?
Then we can lobby at a national level and pressure politicians to take the provision of an adequate service seriously. If Local Govt is seeing shortfalls in budgets.. guess who will be first... UNLESS... we can show with facts and figures the positive benefits that are acheived by having a robust heritage service.
ie.... community wellbeing...
or adequate advice for developers during a p[eriod of increased house building... but perhaps most importantly a need to make it a voting issue... support heritage or lose votes..
Another day another WSI?