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Councils had Money In Icesave... doh! Millions!
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »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
So a total of £819,000,000. That's another billion on the national debt then.
Oh well, it's only money. It can't buy you happiness.0 -
Look LA are responsible for local issues, crime, housing, waste etc not health care, child care etc.
They may have project workers who may work in conjunction with these bodies, or will point you in the right direction but they are not funding or responsible for the provisions.
Does your wife by any chance work for a District or Borough Council in an area with a County Council?
Because County and Unitary Councils most certainly do provide a lot of the things you think Councils don't.
What do you think Social Services is? It's Childcare and Old People's Care and Disabled Care. Everything from Meals on Wheels to fostering orphans.Hurrah, now I have more thankings than postings, cheers everyone!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »You already get £60/week more than somebody in the private sector - and £150 in pension.
This is a bit of a fiction. It's largely because the low-paid jobs have been contracted out.
So while, say, the managers at a Council get less than the managers in the private sector, the private sector average includes the cleaners for both. Obviously that brings down the private sector average.Hurrah, now I have more thankings than postings, cheers everyone!0 -
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Gorgeous_George wrote: »Is it time to assemble a Task Force and set sail for Iceland?
GG
Each Icesave depositor gets 3 cod and a herring?...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 -
So a total of £819,000,000. That's another billion on the national debt then.
Oh well, it's only money. It can't buy you happiness.
No, but it can buy you the type of misery you prefer....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 -
Charities. Councils, Police & Fire Services have invested over £900 million in Icelandic banks.
Money lost, down drain, higher taxes & cuts in services on the way.
The Crash continues.0 -
This collapse of the credit bubble and the ensuing house price crash is taking twists and turns none of us could have foreseen.... and the curtains are only just opening on this production.
I am really ... feeling quite .... scared and alone ... about the coming months/years.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Each Icesave depositor gets 3 cod and a herring?
And don't forget lots of blubber.I am a Mortgage Consultant and don't like to be told what I can and can't put in a signature so long as it's legal and truthful.0
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