armsid Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Slough Borough Council has issued a section 114 notice effectively declaring that they are bust What are the implications and who is to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 council leaders will get the sack and westminster will bale them out and maintain services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, armsid said: Slough Borough Council has issued a section 114 notice effectively declaring that they are bust What are the implications and who is to blame Who is to blame? Well central Government funding that goes to Local Authorities has been hugely cut from past levels. A few years ago I was in Bristol council, I know Bristol had to cut their spending by something like £80,000,000 a year. When councils have had years of spending at a certain level and then receive those sorts of cuts it’s clearly going to have a big impact. They tried to maintain essential services, eg. Funding schools, social services (care home fees and home care for the old and vulnerable) and children’s social services. Anything considered ‘non essential’ was stopped, eg cutting the grass. A lot of councils had investments and savings from past years when times were good. A lot of councils have been running in a deficit for several years. It’s not as simple as West Minster bailing them out. A lot of councils have gone bankrupt. What normally happens is some central Government bod comes down, points fingers and says “close that” and entire departments just disappear. Teams get merged and the staff have to pick up any slack. They will do this until they are back under budget. Services will suffer, staff will have to pick up a lot more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Come friendly bombs ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttfjlc Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Implications? Some of them will have to start working for a living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) Most councils pleads poverty, Bucks CC were near bankrupt a few years back, oddly enough they had recently spent £36,000 on an opening ceremony for the new Aylesbury theatre, it was to cost £25 million to build (actual cost was £47 million) and their initial consultation with the people of Aylesbury to decide if the tax payers wanted a new theatre attracted 25 people. The £36,000? A back patting gathering of limp wristed council middle management types, a bit of glitz and glamour and Ronnie Barkers wife. TBH, not all the money came from the Tax payer, the council thought it would be a good idea to sell off a chunk of very profitable land in the Town centre that had provided good rental returns for nearly a hundred years and use some of that money. Edited July 4, 2021 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Implications? Probably good news for the consultancy firms 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 37 minutes ago, Ttfjlc said: Implications? Some of them will have to start working for a living 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Ttfjlc said: Implications? Some of them will have to start working for a living Doubtful, they'll probably go on the sick and take some sort of pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 It's common: https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/politics/council/infamously-bankrupt-northamptonshire-council-gets-mention-north-and-not-good-way-682848 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttfjlc Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Mice! said: Doubtful, they'll probably go on the sick and take some sort of pay off. Hope not mate, if the remaining half go on the sick there'll be no one left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Hello, Abingdon Town council spent £1.3 million of tax payers money to refurb the swimming pool which is shut due to lack of funds, I could not understand this cost when very little was done on the refurb, maybe they now have meetings by the other pool at a councilors home funded by the over estimated cost , they will not even allow volunteers to run it, I bet any money with these virtual meetings they still put in a expense claim, I know someone on a village council and one is surprised how much they claim, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 A few years back Shrewsbury Council commissioned a sculpture next to the river Severn opposite the theatre and that spiralled miles out of budget. Meanwhile the roads are some of the worst roads in the country for potholes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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