The title says it all. The link is here to read the offending article….let’s just provide readers with the part that made me burst out laughing…..
“However John Denham, the local Government secretary, refused to a put a figure on local authority spending cuts, admitting only that "things are going to be tighter" for councils.
In a bad tempered exchange on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Denham refused seven times to quantify the amount councils may have to cut spending.
He insisted that cuts in front line services would not be necessary if councils made efficiency savings elsewhere.”
The Government won’t say to what extent the cuts will be….claims that things are going to be tighter, and the real good part is that if cuts can be avoided by making savings elsewhere…..WHY WEREN’T CUTS MADE DURING THE GOOD TIMES? There were obviously opportunities to save money before, and there is a strong implication that wastage has been at the heart of local Government……and for how long?
A pity state of affairs – an inefficient local Government that is about to get a whole lot worse. Can’t protect cuts from the economic realities that this Government has largely created.
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Tower Hamlets Council is attempting to Spend £2million on a gate similar to the one you see in China Town to go on the North Side of Brick Lane. The Gate will look like a Headscarf. And this from a council that claims not to represent one agenda and to be trying to save money!
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