Notices

Serious Debates & News Debate and discussion about political, moral, philosophical, celebrity and news topics.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 01-08-2018, 11:27 AM #1
arista's Avatar
arista arista is online now
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 165,085
arista arista is online now
Senior Member
arista's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 165,085
Default Northamptonshire Conservative County Council now Bankrupt

This was debated on LBC live
a hour ago.

[Northamptonshire County Council: Crisis talks to be held
A council facing "unprecedented" cuts is set to hold emergency talks, but has vowed to protect vulnerable people.
Northamptonshire County Council needs to make drastic cutbacks in order to save £70m by next March.
Its leader proposed services were cut back to a "core offer" but said a "robust" system would be retained to safeguard children and vulnerable adults.]

[One of the councils facing similar financial pressures is Somerset County Council, which in May announced plans to sell off seven farms to raise £8m.
Richard Watts, chair of the LGA's resources board, said: "Local government in England faces an overall funding gap of almost £8bn by 2025.]




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...eporting-story
arista is online now   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
Old 01-08-2018, 12:53 PM #2
Oliver_W's Avatar
Oliver_W Oliver_W is online now
POW! BLAM!
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Bill's Secret Garden
Posts: 15,944

Favourites (more):
BBCanada 8: Chris
Apprentice 2019: Lottie


Oliver_W Oliver_W is online now
POW! BLAM!
Oliver_W's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Bill's Secret Garden
Posts: 15,944

Favourites (more):
BBCanada 8: Chris
Apprentice 2019: Lottie


Default

My home county, ladies and gentlemen!
__________________


Oliver_W is online now   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
Old 01-08-2018, 01:03 PM #3
arista's Avatar
arista arista is online now
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 165,085
arista arista is online now
Senior Member
arista's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 165,085
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliver_W View Post
My home county, ladies and gentlemen!

They are saying it was errors like Freezing the Council Tax
years back.
arista is online now   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
Reply

Bookmark/share this topic

Tags
bankrupt, conservative, council, county, northamptonshire

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:35 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
 

About Us ThisisBigBrother.com

"Big Brother and UK Television Forum. Est. 2001"

 

© 2023
no new posts