A project by transport officials to increase efficiency and cut administration expenses has wasted taxpayers’ money because the budget has ballooned dramatically, according to the Conservatives’ Parliamentary spokesman for Norwich South.Antony Little, who is also Tory group leader at City Hall and a councillor for Bowthorpe ward, made his comments after it was revealed that the project’s initial budget of £57m had actually soared to £81 million and was set to make further losses.
Cllr Little said: “It is scandalous that at a time when Labour mismanagement has put our public finances in such a disastrous mess that the they are instructing civil servants to pour taxpayers’ money down the drain.
“Gordon Brown’s claim that he is going to cut down on Government waste is wholly undermined by disasters like this. Hard-working taxpayers will be incensed that a project that was supposed to save money will actually cost them £81 million, money that would have been far better spent on much-needed transport improvements that Labour have promised so many times and failed to deliver.
“This is incompetence that taxpayers and commuters cannot afford at this very difficult time for our economy.”
