I Want it All

Let's get this straight. North Northamptonshire Development Company and Corby Council ask the Government for just over £50 Million to help complete the building of even more houses in the Corby area (which will soon include Kettering if we don't watch out!)

Not only is this money granted, but it is boosted up to £60 Million of our taxes to further feather Corby's nest.

According to the ET website, "Chris Mallender, Corby Council chief executive, said: "It's actually more cash than we bid for and it is half of the whole allocation for the East Midlands, and five per cent of the total for the whole country."

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He then rubs it in further for all the other towns in the country who would have quite liked some of this money by adding, "It's wonderful news". Yes, for Corby. For a change.

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It really makes you wonder how on earth they never got funding for the infamous Wonder World project all those years ago, because they seem to be able to hoover up all the funding available these days without even trying!

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Corby - The rest of the country is really, really sorry the steelworks closed down all those years ago leaving a generation of plastic jocks with nothing to do but cash giros and start fights in Kettering town centre every weekend. Honestly we are.

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But, is there any chance we can stop (over) compensating you any decade soon?