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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: ravenrover on December 13, 2023, 07:02:38 pm

Title: How many more?
Post by: ravenrover on December 13, 2023, 07:02:38 pm
Following on from Birmingham declaring bankrupt, Nottingham City followed suite.
Today just a few weeks later the Govt has called in The Commissioners. The Council is no longer controlled by the majority Labour Councillors.
It's not just Labour controlled though down the road Tory controlled Nottingham County Council have declared they are also in trouble. Both Councils blame the reduction of cash from Central Govt!
Nottingham City got itself in trouble over Robin Hood energy  a failed cheap energy scheme and the transfer of monies from a Housing budget which later had to be refunded from their existing budget.
How many more in the coming months?
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: wilts rover on December 13, 2023, 08:46:37 pm
Swindon reportedly in trouble on the radio today.

Tory controlled until last May.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on December 13, 2023, 08:51:20 pm
While we are at it, Sheffield Hallam University is facing a financial crisis. Asking for large number of voluntary redundancies.

What has happened to this country?
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: DRFC_AjA on December 13, 2023, 09:01:34 pm
£8 million a day
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: ravenrover on December 13, 2023, 09:08:50 pm
Adding more reported tonight on EMids BBC, Leicestershire County Council say that whilst not a problem at the moment trouble is looming over the budgets for the next couple of years.
Notts City claim their funding had been reduced by £100m year on year. Their biggest problem is that the vast majority of their housing is in Council Tax bands A and B they haven't got the income other areas around them have with properties in the higher Tax Bands but are still expected to provide the same level of services
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on December 13, 2023, 10:45:24 pm
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: bpoolrover on December 15, 2023, 01:40:08 am
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.
what happens to the many immagrants that dont qualify thou?
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on December 15, 2023, 08:25:21 am
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.
what happens to the many immagrants that dont qualify thou?

I would imagine they don't end up sitting around in detention centres being a constant drain on the economy.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on December 15, 2023, 09:46:40 am
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.

And the invalid immigrants?  They're still going to cost because there's very little method to remove them.

As to the original point, councils are just not run very well, never have been probably never will be.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: normal rules on December 15, 2023, 11:11:39 am
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.

Ok . Let’s say 1000 young male Syrian migrants get accepted into the uk. Where do they live ? Who houses them? Who pays for this ? it’s not as simple as them Getting a job and paying their own way in rental accommodation. We already have a rental market/ housing issue.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: SydneyRover on December 15, 2023, 11:36:55 am
There are plenty of properties in the uk
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: DonnyOsmond on December 15, 2023, 01:06:48 pm
£8 million a day

Sort out immigration processing. Then the valid immigrants can work and pay taxes and support the economy.

But like I keep saying. That's not what this lot in power want to do. They want people like you to blame The Other, when the core of the problem is their own disastrous management.

Ok . Let’s say 1000 young male Syrian migrants get accepted into the uk. Where do they live ? Who houses them? Who pays for this ? it’s not as simple as them Getting a job and paying their own way in rental accommodation. We already have a rental market/ housing issue.

260,000 long term empty homes in the UK. Streets worth of houses in places like Edlo with houses that are empty but just need gutting and doing up, but people own them who don't care.
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: Draytonian III on December 15, 2023, 02:28:07 pm
I’ve looked into buying a couple of houses in the Doncaster area, but the people who own want to much money for them would rather let them fall down, get vandalised than do them up or sell them. Why is this ?
Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: danumdon on December 15, 2023, 02:40:25 pm
Only a precursor to the massive increase in council tax that's about to be delivered to properties throughout the Uk,

Accountability and operational competence is something that very rarely becomes reality in Local government.

Priorities are completely wrong and getting worse.

Title: Re: How many more?
Post by: SydneyRover on December 15, 2023, 10:12:11 pm
Has anyone making sweeping statements about the viability of councils examined more than 1% of the total, or even 1%?

''There are 318 principal (unitary, upper and second-tier) councils in England, including 21 county councils, 164 district councils, 131 unitaries and 2 Sui Generis authorities''

https://lgiu.org/local-government-facts-and-figures-england/#:~:text=There%20are%20318%20principal%20(unitary,and%202%20Sui%20Generis%20authorities.