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BobsySpud

Ten years ago, Labour promised to increase public spending. This proved to be a vote winning message. After 1997, local councils went on a massive spending spree. Ten years ago, the job below would have earned between £30-50k. Today they pay themselves £150k.

http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/483007/executive-director-of-children-young-people-and-learners

Local council employees enjoy pensions that no private employee could hope for. Local councils have also created a raft of new 'make busy' jobs like diversity coordinator, global warming officers, excellence cluster officers, community cohesion coordinators, inclusivity consultants, every child counts supervisors etc.

On the delivery side, many services have gone down hill. Old people are being neglected, children in care are being thrown on the streets at 16, libraries are closing, police stations are shutting down, school classes are getting bigger etc etc.

Local council spending is out of control. Your own council (as another poster observed) is now so desperate more money that they are resorting to tatics which are little better than extortion.

The next time a political party promises to spend more money, I hope the voting public will be a little more cynical.