Councils in Deep Water Over Free Swim Scheme ; Mp Criticises Authorities for 'Poor Decision-Making' in Dispute

Western Daily Press › November 18, 2009

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The row over why so few children in the West are able to swim for free in council pools intensified yesterday after a Government MP criticised councils for "poor decision making".

Dan Norris, a junior minister and North East Somerset MP hit back after Bath MP Don Foster claimed the Government had short-changed children in the West by promising free swimming but not delivering the funding to pay for it.

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Councils in Deep Water Over Free Swim Scheme ; Mp Criticises Authorities for 'Poor Decision-Making' in Dispute

In Monday's Western Daily Press, Mr Foster said the Government was "out of its depth" when it came to organising the scheme, and councils ...

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