Croydon Council is skint
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Nottingham is currently £1.154b in debt.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/not...
(Apologies for the absolute s
t website..)
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/not...
(Apologies for the absolute s
t website..)
I'm amazed that organisations as hard-working & efficient as councils are skint.
Maybe the claims of excessively high payscales/pensions/perks and incredibly lax working practices aren't as far-fetched as the councils would have us believe. Obviously it will be everyone else's fault but one has to wonder....................
Maybe the claims of excessively high payscales/pensions/perks and incredibly lax working practices aren't as far-fetched as the councils would have us believe. Obviously it will be everyone else's fault but one has to wonder....................
Ozone said:
I wondered where Spelthorne is, and had to google it.
Everyday is a school day.....
To the west of Hounslow, where Staines upon Thames is. Near to Heathrow.Everyday is a school day.....
Not surprised by Croydon, having built a tram system, and skyscrapers in the town centre. Once they applied for City status even though they are in South London. A Westfield shopping centre was going to be built there, but it fell through.
ReallyReallyGood said:
Googling Jo Negrini is an eye opener. How can a council member also own a real estate company buying land at cut price from the council, and not go unnoticed?!
And she got a £400k payoff for basically being crap...Also been said that the financial issues are not due to covid, but bad decisions before this year, and ignoring warnings etc
https://insidecroydon.com/2020/11/11/costs-of-covi...
Edited by SydneyBridge on Wednesday 11th November 21:27
Not surprised at all, it took a year of badgering with constant emails and phone calls to get a £16k invoice for care fees so hardly surprised they are skint.
When it was Tory run they were in much better shape financially, labour as usual have spent the money with little to show for it and the residents will get screwed over to fill the hole.
This sort of incompetance should be treated as a criminal offence with people put in prison as it is nothing short of fraud against the people of Croydon.
When it was Tory run they were in much better shape financially, labour as usual have spent the money with little to show for it and the residents will get screwed over to fill the hole.
This sort of incompetance should be treated as a criminal offence with people put in prison as it is nothing short of fraud against the people of Croydon.
A Winner Is You said:
Given how many are on furlough or finding themselves unemployed, perhaps the councillors could take a 20% pay cut as a sign of solidarity.
So people are off work being paid 80% salary, yet public sector workers still working full time should also take a pay cut? How is that an equivalent? Saweep said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
I believe Nottingham have climb into second spot now.
They've borrowed more than £3B in two years?(excluding Covid borrowing)
The city has debt of £3500 per person, the County £700 per person.
City is Labour controlled, county is Tory.
Lots of scum in Croydon unfortunately and it goes straight to the top, I'm in the neighbouring borough and despite having more roads and and older population it isn't in debt.
People need to learn to live within their means, you only have to step off the train at East Croydon and walk down the high street during the week (pre Covid) to see the majority of people don't contribute and are a net drain on society.
People need to learn to live within their means, you only have to step off the train at East Croydon and walk down the high street during the week (pre Covid) to see the majority of people don't contribute and are a net drain on society.
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