Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Melvin Frohike wrote:
Perhaps the most impressive part of the paper is to know that it has been reviewed by the Equalities Officer
The role of the Equalities Officer is to ensure that DDC are able to provide equally inadequate services across the district whatever your sexual preferences or ethnic background (your Council Tax having been spent on jobsworths like the aforementioned Equalities Officer rather than such fripperies as bin collection or street cleaning)
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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What are we paying in housing benefit?
Building council housing at cost price probably comes out cheaper in the long run
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Bob some good points, The council tax is high for what is provided
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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As I said earlier Kent Police get nearly as much of our Council Tax as DDC and don't do a great deal for it.
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
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Depending where you drink DDC Council Tax cost less than a pint of beer per week for Band D residents.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Added with police/.fire/DTC it mounts up paul as you know
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Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
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Yes Keith but the heading here is DDC finances.
£3.32 per week at Band D.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Good cop out paul your working well lol
maybe there not all fooled lol
hope your keeping well
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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File on 4
Episode 10 Councils in Crisis
Local councils are embarking on risky new ventures to plug funding gaps. With some losing public money, Allan Urry investigates the effect on services. Last in the series.
There's a quiet revolution going on in our Town Halls. With funding slashed, Local Government is tasked with finding new ways to raise money and deliver services, or face failing to comply with its legal obligations. As councils in England are tasked with becoming more self sufficient, File on 4 examines the different approaches councils are taking in an effort to balance the books.
As some invest in commercial property others are spinning off traditional council departments into new companies with commercial divisions. The aim is to plough profits back into services.
But as the programme discovers these plans don't always work out. What happens when there is no profit? As the pressure on adult social care grows, some councils now face the twin struggles of meeting demand, with the need to turn a profit. Is this too much of a gamble in services which can mean the difference between life and death?
Allan Urry investigates the scale of the challenge as local authorities grapple with rising demand, falling income, and new ways of doing business.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jbc1s#play
Accounts in disarray. Loss making investments etc!
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