The Tories may be cutting services and jobs to the bone in the biggest social engineering programme since the Big Bang, but that won’t stop councillors in Harlow going ahead with their annual civil shindig. The Tory authority in the poverty-struck Essex town is in the middle of implementing cuts across the board. So how best to mark their achievements but with a black tie ball in the council chamber. “Chains of office may be worn”, according to the invitation to the event, eight days after Chancellor George Osborne’s slash and burn speech. A meal will be provided for chauffeurs if requested. Redundant staff will not be invited.
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