The Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Wantage, Neil Fawcett, is fighting for funding for proposed CCTV schemes for Didcot and Wallingford.
He says figures obtained by his party show that the Government underspent on its Crime Reduction Budget in the first year of the three-year scheme.
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"It is crazy that the Government has turned down the application by South Oxfordshire District Council for funding for schemes which have strong local support," he said.
Mr Fawcett is also a county councillor for Abingdon South division.
"They have been underspending on the budget earmarked for such schemes," he added.
The district council is faced with having to fund the camera systems out of next year's budget.
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