Public sector cuts
- 7 May 2012 12:31170843Under occupancy rule: - means some will have to pay as much as 25% out of benefits, even if they are disabled.
Cuts to school budgets: - Teaching assistants being employed instead of unemployed qualified teachers.
Children's Services workers' wages: - cuts of 40% and threats of reducing hours to below the WTC level.
Core service cuts: - too much to say on this, simply Disgraceful.
Cuts to youth project's:- affecting one and all, abled and disabled.
Cuts to adult social care staff: - reducing funding to the care budget and staffing cuts.
Family Group conference team cut: - Dropped.
Citizens Advice closing:-
And many many more. 416 reported cuts.
The above are just a few public sector cuts that are being introduced or considered because of the cuts being imposed on them by Central Government. It makes a depressing read but does show how these cuts are taking hold and are a reality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/cutswatch"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum" - 7 May 2012 12:53170852this is just the beginning, we will be a third world country if all 100% of the cuts are implemented.
- 7 May 2012 13:08170855Sadly......90% still to come......unless?
- Keith Sansum1
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7 May 2012 13:53170867reg its just on 89% of hard hiting cuts to come
people are not going to put up with it im sureALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Brian Dixon
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7 May 2012 14:22170875howard we are now a third rate country,have been for the last 2 years.
- 7 May 2012 14:45170878not to worry brian i believe there is an excellent soup kitchen off russell st somewhere.
might even see you there in time for the fish course. - Brian Dixon
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- 7 May 2012 16:03170898I don't know why people are worried by such trifling cuts. It's not as if they didn't have the opportunity to show the politicians how wrong they were when presented with the facts. Consider the climate change act which was passed by labour in 2008.
It seems to me that people are quite happy to pay for the cost of this act which amounts to £18 billion every year for the next forty years and yet complain about cutting back on public services at every opportunity. The leadership of the conservative party have recently been described as wind farm tories for good reason. Is it any wonder that those such as Roger Helmer have resigned from the tories as a MEP to cross the floor to UKIP.
Here's his slant on it and I happen to agree with him:
http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/why-we-must-repeal-the-climate-change-act/
So next time you hear of your local youth club closing or nurses being made redundant consider how much damage this act and Mr. Cameron's deluded policies have an effect on these cuts. - 7 May 2012 16:08170900Given the voter apathy that is apparent, why would you assume people would take an opportunity to have their voices heard?
- 7 May 2012 16:09170901and your point is?
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7 May 2012 16:09170902another tory leaving to another party philip?ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 May 2012 16:12170906I am pointless PhilipP.
- Keith Sansum1
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7 May 2012 16:14170909a right to a view though bernALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Brian Dixon
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7 May 2012 16:16170910bern,you are not pointless,please keep up the good work. - 7 May 2012 16:56170925Sorry Gary, the surface has not been scratched as far as state reductions are concerned.
The give-away days of Gordon Brown/Ed Balls to buy votes is over.
Watty - Keith Sansum1
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7 May 2012 16:57170927yes paulw
the cobbled tyogether are still to deliver 98% drastic cutsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 May 2012 17:10170930Exaggeration Keith, but the reality is whichever government is in power public spending has to be reduced..
The choice is how quickly and how long you want the squeeze to last.
Watty - Keith Sansum1
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7 May 2012 17:13170932sorry got it from your own web site
still never mind
we are all this together
some saYALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 May 2012 18:00170947the cuts will never be as bad as they say, elections have to be won.
flashheart promised the deficit would be cleared by 2015, now he is talking about another 15 or more years. - 7 May 2012 18:21170952Watty.
I have no doubt there is more to come and I have stated too many times now that previous Governments must take their share of the blame.
But come on, how long are you going to drag the Brown card out, that wore out long ago.
This Government has a smash & grab policy and even some Tories are beginning to distance themselves for that reason.
Why has nothing been done at council level to stop outside contractors adding extra to quotes, above the norm, when it comes to council contracts and why are heads of council departments still wasting money every year after year, for fear of losing next year's budgets?
Both taboo and probably both will be denied but everyone knows it still happens.
Cutting funding to core services such as respite care without tackling these two problems first, is where I think the woolly un- fairness is unacceptable."My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"