A 5.9% increase in Government funding this year compared to an inflation rate for state pensions of 3.9% and what do you get from the ingrates on the Council's Tory Cabinet - pictured looking guilty/smug/barmy/deluded (you choose) above?
"The Revenue Support Grant Settlement set by the government for the next three years is a poor one and gives the council limited resources" waffled on one of the Sinister Seven at tonight's Cabinet.
Get real Barry, for goodness sake! 5.9% settlements were beyond the wildest dreams of local govenment under Thatcher and Major prior to 1997 - as was an inflation rate in single figures.
However, not content with whinging and whining they also propose to RAID Council Reserves this year to the tune of £5m (search previous posts on 'RESERVES') whilst avoiding their responsibility to start achieving real efficiencies of £15.3 m on their budget over the next 3 years. An abdication of responsibility.
Some of us would not shirk from that responsibility.
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You're right about Westminster Geoff, the communications team costs us hundreds of thousands and these posts have not even been advertised. You should ask the district auditor to look into this. Joe is laying low eh?
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