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  I speak from personal experience too. I lived in Wandsworth (Tory flagship borough with the lowest Poll Tax in the country) where the waste contractors were changed almost as often as the bins were emptied as they were unable to fulfil the obligations of their contracts. At the same time the visible stuff (pavements/lighting etc) were improved whilst Day Centres were closed and the unseen, vulnerable groups disadvantaged. This was all in the pursuit of 'value for money' and has continued to this day.
  That we have no staff at railway stations; next to no human presence as you pass through Dover Docks; litter on our outlying roads, fewer policemen etc is all a consequence of the same activity.
  You simply cannot cut costs and provide the same level of services. When will people be honest about this?

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