Birmingham bankrupt

[bluethrunthru]

Ultimately, the country is in a huge financial mess. This won’t be the last council to fall given the lack of funding and lack of investment over a large period of time.

A lady from the LGA is quoted as saying 26 Local Authorities have already put out press releases this financial year that they are close to issuing Section 115 notices

 

[bluethrunthru]

 

[Vic]

How about if they took their fiscal responsibility seriously and actually budgeted for something they knew was going to happen, as they were warned six years ago that it was going to happen.

Are you now advocating that all councils go bankrupt so that they can put unlimited rises on the local tax.... That'll get you elected for sure.

I'm amazed that folk on this subforum aren't all standing as candidates for local, or national representation.

By "budget for something" you mean cutting services. (No, you probably don't, but that's what it does mean. It's why council services have been cut.)

The Tories round our way said they'd freeze council tax, but refused to produce a budget showing what they'd cut to balance the books.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Didn't Woking only recently become Lib Dems, so it's actually four Tory councils?

 

[Vic]

Something we agree on, the government are crap.

As for me, much to your disappointment I am neither right wing, nor left wing, probably best not to assume things. I'd just like what's best for everyone, and not what a greasy professional ̷s̷h̷y̷s̷t̷e̷r̷ politician gaslights me over for their own personal interests. Integrity is something both of our main political parties would do well to study.

I've not heard anything remotely left wing from you, just tax-cutting small-state anti-public sector Tufton St bingo.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

I've not heard anything remotely left wing from you, just tax-cutting small-state anti-public sector Tufton St bingo.

Wouldn't it be quicker to just call it noncesense?

 

[Vic]

A lady from the LGA is quoted as saying 26 Local Authorities have already put out press releases this financial year that they are close to issuing Section 115 notices

Section 114

A lot of the rest are relying on reserves.

 

[domalino]

As much as I despise the tories… Birmingham and Thurrock aren’t the same are they?


We can’t treat bankrupting the 2nd biggest council in Europe with doing the same to the non-urban areas of Northamptonshire as if they’re the same thing.

 

[bluethrunthru]

As much as I despise the tories… Birmingham and Thurrock aren’t the same are they?


We can’t treat bankrupting the 2nd biggest council in Europe with doing the same to the non-urban areas of Northamptonshire as if they’re the same thing.

Thurrock is not in Northants its in Essex. And you can compare them in that Brum gambled on a court case goings its way and Thurrock gambled on investments with what turned out to be a conman

Thurrock council hid losses as it gambled millions on risky investments

Official report criticises Tory-run authority’s dysfunctional leadership and says it tried to silence critics

www.theguardian.com

 

[bluethrunthru]

Didn't Woking only recently become Lib Dems, so it's actually four Tory councils?

Yep- Tories bankrupted it so were not that annoyed to lose overall control