The controlling Tory Group on Bucks County Council prevented the Lib Dems from speaking at last weeks Budget settting meeting because they are afraid of hearing the truth says Winslow Lib Dem Councillor Llew Monger. ” At the public hearing of the budget plans a few weeks ago it was obvious that several members of the Tory Cabinet simply didn’t understand their brief let alone the potential consequences of the budget they were putting forward. Time after time they were unable to answer questions posed by members of the Liberal Democrat opposition team” At the Budget meeting of the full Council last Thursday the Tory Chairman prevented the Liberal Democrats from having any proper opportunity to debate the budget resulting in a walk-out of all the Lib Dem Councillors. ” This is what happens when you get a virtual one- party state which has ruled uninterupted for 120 years. The appaling Tory mismanagement of recent years has left us with a Council which still has as many employees as it did when Milton Keynes was part of the County. There has been no effort to manage staff levels down to an appropriate level and we are now faced with massive redundancies to catch up. This is an awful situation for the staff who will be losing their jobs and the local residents who will be having to put up with reduced services.”