School Repairs - Not Pakistani Twinning

A Burnley man has taken a leaf from the suffragettes' book to try to stop Burnley Borough Council from wasting £5,000 on twinning the town with a village in Pakistan.

Mr Steven Smith, who runs the Burnley Heritage Centre, chained himself to the railings outside the Town Hall to protest "on behalf of the people of Burnley" about the budgeting of £5,000 for research into the possible twinning.

"It is disgusting that £5,000 could be spent on this kind of thing when Healey Wood Infant School is threatened with closure because it has fallen into disrepair.

"Other sites throughout the town are also in danger of demolition or being allowed to fall down because much-needed repairs cannot be funded. These represent Burnley's history and should be preserved.

Labour are trying to harness the Asian vote at the expense of our heritage. It is a betrayal of the ordinary people of Burnley."






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