Nottingham Cuts

[Atheist-Lite]

Is it £350million their taking out of Nottingham this year? compared with some of the traditional stingy places like those here in Lincolnshire that only need to make cuts of a few million? Time to sober up?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is it £350million their taking out of Nottingham this year? compared with some of the traditional stingy places like those here in Lincolnshire that only need to make cuts of a few million? Time to sober up?

You'll get it back when the Nottingham meet-up happens.

(Well, the pubs will...)

[Atheist-Lite]

http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/ ... gham.thtml

The Nottingham Post has a great scoop about Labour-led Nottingham City Council’s abuse of taxpayer funds. The story can be distilled into one sentence:

‘City council leader Jon Collins has used a consultant paid £870-a-day by the taxpayer for advice on Labour's campaign in the run-up to the May election.’

Nottingham is one of England's most profligate and rapacious councils. Examples of its needless largesse include stripping conkers from trees and spending £185,000 on signs to improve local morale. One probable reason for the residents’ black mood is the steep rate of council tax. In 2010-11, occupants of band A properties paid £1041.39; whilst those in Wandsworth attracted a maximum of £470.44. The council has also recently increased its car parking charges at three times the rate of inflation, for which it has been castigated by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce and local small businesses. That’s not all. There's a coup de grace. In September of last year, with 'swingeing cuts' looming, the council spent £200,000 on a senior staff leadership course; although in view of the above this almost qualifies as a necessary expense.

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[HomerJay]

I think the city face cuts of £60M and the County £150M.

[HomerJay]

http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/ ... gham.thtml

The Nottingham Post has a great scoop about Labour-led Nottingham City Council’s abuse of taxpayer funds. The story can be distilled into one sentence:

‘City council leader Jon Collins has used a consultant paid £870-a-day by the taxpayer for advice on Labour's campaign in the run-up to the May election.’

Any council can be compared to Wandworth etc the tories always do this, have been since thatcher introduced the council tax.

what isn't clear from the NEP report is if the consultant was paid for the election advice or if he gave if FOC.

[Atheist-Lite]

I think the city face cuts of £60M and the County £150M.

Managed to keep it down to £750,000 here in Lincoln....and there's groans about coughing that up from the tight-fisted folk in this city.

[HomerJay]

Managed to keep it down to £750,000 here in Lincoln....and there's groans about coughing that up from the tight-fisted folk in this city.

Just plant some more spuds and you're quids in.

[Atheist-Lite]

Managed to keep it down to £750,000 here in Lincoln....and there's groans about coughing that up from the tight-fisted folk in this city.

Just plant some more spuds and you're quids in.

Actually there's a move to increase allotment spaces here. I think having a third of the population of Nottingham means it's easier to react intelligently to a change in the economic weather over here.

[Rum]

Notts county council 87 million. Notts City (unitary authority) £10 million I believe.

Bastards.