It doesn't help that local authorities (Labour ones) are happy to make people redundant
rather than use their surplus funds. That doesn't get the national party votes.

I was staggered to read the levels of surplus cash and whatnot the authorities have.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

That changes a lot during the year.
It's generally good to have surplus cash though, in case something unexpected happens.
And I'd rather they get rid of anyone they can do without rather than spend money on stuff they don't need.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Agreed.
But the local authority jobs are good, pensionable jobs where the people pay tax and national insurance. They are not McJobs.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:27, Reply)