Cornwall Council's Tory Cabinet ignore vote against privatisation

Cornwall Council to press ahead with privatising services despite councillors' call to withdraw
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Cornwall-Council-press-ahead-privatising-services/story-16829254-detail/story.html

"CORNWALL Council's leading cabinet say they will press ahead with plans to join together with a private company to provide services ignoring the call from a majority of councillors urging the authority to withdraw.
In a tense council chamber at County Hall on Tuesday councillors voted in favour of a motion – 46 for, 29 against and 14 abstentions – which called for the council to withdraw from a plan to form a new company with a private firm to deliver services such as housing benefits, libraries and human resources.
But today the council's cabinet issued a statement indicating that it would carry on with plans to privatise services. Liberal Democrat councillors criticised the Conservative-led cabinet saying the decision to ignore yesterday's vote was "arrogant"."

see also
'Cornwall Cabinet sticks two fingers up to democracy'
http://lansonboy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/cornwall-cabinet-sticks-two-fingers-up.html