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Councils had Money In Icesave... doh! Millions!
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lostinrates wrote: »Who issues licences/checks/education etc that childminders have to have...I genuinely don't know.
We have quite few local services that I have presumed are at least partially funded locally, because they appear so regularly in the local authourites newsletters and self promotion stuff...
ofsted usualy, for education you have to go to college etc to qualify
As I said they will have project workers who work alongside other agencies EG drug awareness but they would not be responsible for rehabilitation. That is why they have news letters to promote services in the area but not necessarily supplied by them.
Just like childcare they will have a list of carers and a specialist at the council but they do not provide or fund the care.
But say a nursery might want to fund something as a 1 off project they may be able to apply for funding or part funding as a 1 off project for the benefit of the local area.
That is why it is local goverment, if you put in health terms you would not get health care out side of your local area if it was only controlled/funded localy.0 -
If you want to know what your LA is funding, try asking them. Under Freedom of Information they have to answer all sorts of financial questions, down to really little things such as how much they spend on biscuits for councillors.
They'll probably have their accounts up on their website if you manage to find the right page for it, and would be able to send you a copy or a link if you contact them. That'd give you the general picture, and then if you wanted specifics you could bug them for more information.
Not everything taken in council tax goes to the LA. They collect it, but that doesn't mean they're the ones who spend it.0 -
News stated that bigger councils like Kent cc, will be able to swallow the loss, but the smaller councils will have to increase charges if they don't get the money refunded.0
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Wandsworth.* Name me a council which as built or purchased a house in the last 10 years.(I could show you lots that have sold their housing stock though to HA's)
Councils get penalised for building or making new homes as it's suppose to only be done by HAs. Wandsworth freely admit this in all their literature as they proudly promote their hidden homes scheme.
Oh and the compensation scheme covers personal customers and small businesses iwho are limited companies with less than 50 employers and a turnover of £6.5 million.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
(If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)0 -
Wandsworth.
Councils get penalised for building or making new homes as it's suppose to only be done by HAs. Wandsworth freely admit this in all their literature as they proudly promote their hidden homes scheme.
Oh and the compensation scheme covers personal customers and small businesses iwho are limited companies with less than 50 employers and a turnover of £6.5 million.
Thanks for the cover.;)0 -
I am not pleased to discover that my local council, Barnet, has lost £27 mill in Icesave, so that's 20% of the year's budget gone. I am so cross about the lack of oversight by my councillors that I am thinking of standing, so as to replace one of the fools. The only thing that stops me is that I am not sure that that would reduce the number of fools on the council.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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I am not pleased to discover that my local council, Barnet, has lost £27 mill in Icesave, so that's 20% of the year's budget gone. I am so cross about the lack of oversight by my councillors that I am thinking of standing, so as to replace one of the fools. The only thing that stops me is that I am not sure that that would reduce the number of fools on the council.
Lets put it this way they may not get it back but they might get a bigger budget or allowed a deficit for a bit.;)0 -
A local council up here in the north west had 2 mil in. As my hubby works there I won't name, names. But in line with the idea of cutting services his IT dept have just been told they are having a restructure (the 5th in 4 yrs). Just an excuse to cut staff really. All jobs are deleted and you are expected to interview for the new (reduced number) jobs, usually same jobs but with more work and tweaked job description. Also have option to apply for volutary severence or early retirement. Either way council end up with a lower monthly wage bill. There is even talk that next year it will all change again as in line with a number of other "backroom" services IT may well become a shared service between 2 local councils or even be totally contracted out.
ali x"Overthinking every little thing
Acknowledge the bell you cant unring"0 -
The list of councils and similar holding large sums has grown a lot:
- Kent County Council - £50 million
- Nottingham City Council - £42 million
- Norfolk County Council - £32.5 million
- Dorset County Council - £28.1 million
- Hertfordshire - £28 million
- Somerset County Council - £25 million
- Northumberland County Council - £23 million
- Surrey County Council - £20 million
- Hillingdon Council - £20 million
- Barnet Council- £27 million
- Westminster Council - £17 million
- Brent - £15 million
- Caerphilly County Council - £15 million.
- North Ayrshire - £15 million
- Plymouth City Council £13 million
- Breckland Council - £12 million
- Havering Council - £12.5 million
- West Sussex - £12.9 million
- Gloucestershire County Council - £12 million
- Cheltenham Borough Council - £11 million
- Lancashire County Council - £10 million
- Cambridge City Council - £9 million
- Wakefield - £9 million
- West Oxfordshire District Council - £9 million
- Wyre Forest District Council - £9 million
- Cheshire County Council - £8.5 million
- Bassetlaw District Council - £8 million
- Bristol City Council - £8 million
- Daventry District Council - £8 million
- Wiltshire County Council - £8 million
- South Lanarkshire Council - £7.5 million
- Derwentside District Council - £7 million
- North East Lincolnshire Council - £7 million
- West Lindsey District Council - £7 million
- Cherwell District Council - £6.5 million
- Redcar and Cleveland Council - £6 million
- Lancaster City Council - £6 million
- Canterbury City Council - £6 million
- Ceredigion - £5.5 million
- North Lincolnshire Council - £ 5.5 million
- Sutton Council - £5.5 million
- Bromley Borough Council - £5 million
- Stoke-on-Trent Council - £5 million
- Braintree District - £5 million
- Buckinghamshire - £5 million
- Cornwall County Council - £5 million
- Exeter City Council - £5 million
- Ipswich Borough Council - £5 million
- Oxfordshire County Council - £5 million
- South Ayrshire - £5 million
- Wokingham Borough Council - £5 million
- Gateshead Council - £4.5 million
- Oxford City Council - £4.5 million
- Colchester Borough Council - £4 million
- East Lindsey District Council - £4 million
- East Staffordshire Borough Council - £4 million
- North Wiltshire District Council - £4 million
- Powys Council £4 million
- Rotherham Council - £3.8 million
- Flintshire Council - £3.7 million
- Aylesbury District Council - £3 million
- East Ayrshire - £3 million
- North Somerset - £3 million
- Doncaster Council - £3 million
- Rhondda Cynon Taff Council - £3 million
- Solihull Council - £3 million
- Stroud - £3 million
- Slough Council - £2.5 million
- South Oxfordshire District Council - £2.5 million
- Wycombe District Council - £2.5 million
- Cotswold District Council - £2 million
- Gloucester City Council - £2 million
- Great Yarmouth - £2 million
- Moray Council - £2 million
- Newark and Sherwood District Council - £2 million
- South Ham District Council - £1.25 million
- Monmouthshire Council - £1.2 million
- Dover District Council - £1 million
- Bridgend Council - £1 million
- Hertsmere Borough Council - £1 million
- Kirklees Council - £1 million
- Perth and Kinross Council - £1 million
- Tewkesbury Council - £1 million
- Vale of White Horse District Council - £1 million
- Winchester - £1 million
- Sevenoaks District Council - £1 million
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - £1 million
- Lewes District Council - £1 million
- Bracknell Forest - TBC
- Burnley Council - TBC
- Chorley Council - TBC
- North Ayshire - TBC
- Wychavon District Council - TBC
- Transport For London - £40 million
- Metropolitan Police - £30 million
- Dorset Police Authority - £7 million
- Sussex Police Authority - £6.8 million
- West Yorkshire Police Authority - £6 million
- Hertfordshire Police Authority - £3 million
- Gwent Police Authority - £1 million
...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
What hopes now for a decent pay settlement :mad:0
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