Recently the five West Yorkshire councils revealed how they spent their windfall cash benefits from the sale of Leeds Bradford Airport.
Leeds is spending some of its cash on its new concert arena, better swimming facilities and refurbishment of landmark theatres; Bradford spent its funds in city regeneration, improved health facilities and allocated £33000 to each of its wards to spend on smaller community projects; Kirklees spent its cash to provide free cavity and loft insulation to homes across the district; Calderdale modernised a waste recycling facility and built new swimming pools.
Wakefield's money, on the other hand, disappeared into general funds. The Labour run council chose not to spend its windfall on a project to improve the district, such as a swimming pool, nor did it use the cash to reduce the council tax burden on each of us.
As well as their foresight and desire to improve the lot of their citizens, these other councils have something else in common; not one of them, unlike Wakefield, is controlled by Labour.
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