I have a favourite saying at the moment when addressing our cabinet members: 'Your planets are at last aligned'. Here in South Lakeland, we have a Lib Dem controlled district council, a lib Dem controlled county local area committee, a lib-Lab coalition at the county cabinet, a Lib Dem MP and a Con/Lib Dem national government coalition. There is plenty of effort being made to look at how this situation can be worked to our communities' best advantage, driven by our belief that it is the right thing to do. The greatest long-term improvement to local issues will be our work with the county council. I'm bored with the usual mantra 'that's not us, if s them'. No matter how much we try and paper over the cracks, the reality is, each organisation looks after its own responsibilities, and maybe occasionally, we give a little bit.
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