The Conservative Group has come out fighting on budget cuts at the Labour run Borough Council.
And it's taking a highly critical stance of moves approved at last week's Council Meeting.
This morning, the Conservative group have claimed the measures are poorly thought out, represent unnecessary cuts in important frontline services and the new charges mean residents will be paying more for less.
They include:
* New £30 per year charge for Green Waste Collection
* Removal of Static Recycling sites across the Borough
* Building Control to be allowed to continue to lose £57.5k a year
* Charging elderly and disabled council tenants £5 per week for gardening services
Cllr. David Westley, Conservative Group Leader, said: "This is the same old Labour Party that can never do anything but slash frontline services and charge more."
"I appreciate that Labour are distracted by their internal party squabbling over Corbyn's leadership but it is inexcusable that they have failed to come up with any ideas or initiatives to improve the efficiency of the Council.
The previous Conservative Administration did it with Lancashire and Wigan that together with other efficiencies saved well over £5m or 35% of the annual budget."
He went on: "The £30 charge for Green Waste Collections is a regressive measure as it takes no account of homeowner's ability to pay and equates to an 8% increase in Council Tax for Band D properties. Why did Labour bother to go through a costly public consultation exercise and then completely ignore the overwhelming 83% who voted against the introduction of the charge?"
Labour still need to find savings of £0.5m to balance next year's budget so more cuts in services will be announced in February along with a further 2% increase in Council Tax. Labour are likely to include the options they deferred last week:
* Close three public toilets.
* Cut street sweeping and litter collections.
* Remove some CCTV cameras and reduce live monitoring.