15 point deduction for Brum I reckon.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ngham-66715441
I know Birmingham has it's own unique issues but won't be long before we see others go the same way.
15 point deduction for Brum I reckon.
Why do you think councils that have to spend huge amounts on social care , children's services and aging transport systems tend to struggle financially ?
Why do you think councils in places like Surrey , Berkshire , Oxfordshire , Hertfordshire etc generally don't struggle ?
You think it's because they are conservative led ?
Don't insult your own intelligence
"Local authority ‘spending power’ – the amount of money authorities have to spend from government grants, council tax and business rates – fell by 17.5% between 2009/10 and 2019/20, before partially recovering. However, in 2021/22 it was still 10.2% below 2009/10 levels.
The fall in spending power is largely because of reductions in central government grants. These grants were cut 40% in real terms between 2009/10 and 2019/20, from £46.5bn to £28.0bn (2023/24 prices). This downward trend was reversed in 2020/21 and 2021/22 as central government made more grant funding available to local government in response to the pressures of the pandemic. Though even including Covid grants the fall in income from was 21% in real terms between 2009/10 and 2021/22; without, the fall was 31%."
https://www.instituteforgovernment.o...unding-england
Over the last year the extra pressures are pay rises, increased energy costs, increased supplier costs and pay equality settlements coupled with no new money provided by Central government to cover any of these increases.
I suspect Birmingham will be the first of many to declare bankruptcy
The NHS would be bankrupt year after year if the government didn't bail it out but no such luxury afforded local councils
I recoin many of us could reduce expenditure by 40% just using common sense and not paying excessive executive salaries.....without affecting services.
The reason for such rampant financial problems since 2010 when your bloody tories came in is the huge reduction in block grant from the government
It's all outlined above for you
Less and less income , more and more demand for services
Now we , ccfc can hopefully compete in the lower half of the championship but with the club not really spending any money we are unlikely to do well
It's the same sort of thing
The old adage..."you cut your cloth......" when I lived in Aberdare, after looking at their accounts I volunteered to the council to undertake an audit (free) with a view to reducing costs and optimising services.....(after all I did used to run my own business unit and sat on a board of directors...).
Unsurprisingly they declined. You must realise - even you - that there is so much wasted expenditure in local government.
I work in local government Mo, and i'll tell you this, it's brutal. I work on Housing repairs and we're nailed down to doing the minimum required, even if it looks utter shit and by no fault of the trades person (in most cases) the quality and standard of work is greatly compromised. It's demoralising not just for the operative, but for the Tennant as well. I'm given 4 or 5 hours on a job that needs 2 days in order to do a good job that will last. It's cut to the bone.
Apart from cuts in central funding, Birmingham Council were landed with a huge bill for equal pay claims. This has been an ongoing issue for years, pre Covid. That they have wasted so much money on IT is another issue. Their version of ULEZ hasn't helped either. I may be misquoting Jasper Carrot but, his comment about "if Britain was given an enema, Brum is where the tube would be inserted" holds true. It's turning into Detroit.
That can't be true, there is shed loads of money to change all the speed signs in Wales, and give millionaires free Viagra and cough medicine, how could they possibly do that if money is tight as those don't seem like the highest priority needs?
Surely ministers wouldn't sanction fanciful ideas that the public doesn't even want when there are genuine needs?
Yes I read the IT quotes to update their system.....Jeepers....I was a business director with a software company in London......dealing with Lloyds Bank/Prudential /Royal and Sun/Oracle/Tesco/Sainsbury/M&S etc......
These sort of figures they are reputed to have paid are pure fantasy.....it;s the like of Capita et al in screwing people who have no knowledge...like MANY areas of government.