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Why the fuck has Martin not been ruled out? I will need that picture of the fella handing his ST back if they appointed him again

See above - no deep personal knowledge other than an awareness. It was in response to Ralph saying why are they not reviewing and cutting……they clearly have. And that isn’t a defence of them being super efficient

TBF I think Streeting has acknowledged this that needs reform to not just be a money pit

The trade off for these staff, most of who won’t be earning fortunes, is that there is a reasonable pension at the end as ‘reward’ for their public service. I don’t know personally how gold plated they actually are but know a retired teacher with longish service and wasn’t as much as I assumed.

Don’t know but quick Google came back with UK local government has experienced significant real-term spending cuts, with total core spending power in England falling by approximately 11% between 2010/11 and 2024/25, primarily due to a large reduction in central government grants. While spending power has partially recovered since a low point in 2019/20, it remains substantially lower than in 2010. Specific service cuts have varied, with substantial real-terms reductions seen in areas like highways, culture, and housing. Trends in spending power Overall reduction: Total core spending power for English local authorities was about 11% lower in 2024/25 than in 2010/11, even after some recovery since 2019/20. Government grants: A 40% real-terms cut in central government grants between 2009/10 and 2019/20 was a primary driver of the decrease, though some increased funding for the pandemic partially offset the total grant reduction. Council tax increase: Local councils have increased council tax revenue by 30% in real terms since 2009/10 to compensate for lost grants, a practice enabled by the Localism Act 2011. Specific service impacts Highways and transport: Saw a decrease of 45% in real-terms spending per person between 2010/11 and 2019/20. Culture and leisure: Spending decreased by 45% per person over the same period. Housing: Spending per person fell by 44% between 2010/11 and 2019/20. Adult social care: Saw a 2% real-terms decrease in spending per person between 2010/11 and 2019/20. Children's social care: Increased by 11% in real terms over the same period. Other impacts Increased pressure: Councils are facing immense pressure from rising demand for services like social care and homelessness support, coupled with high inflation and energy costs. Funding gap: These pressures have created a significant funding gap, with some councils facing a combined shortfall of £4 billion over the next two years. Deprivation: Local authorities in more deprived areas, which are more reliant on grants, experienced much larger funding cuts initially. However, the government has since tried to reverse this trend to give more funding to deprived areas

Yeah all those teachers and nurses that are so easy to recruit, most buy coastal homes in Barbados with their windfalls when they retire

Seriously? Do you genuinely know no-one in the public sector? You really are so uninformed it makes discussion tedious. What do you think Councils did to react to the reduction in funding, illustrated below? No reviews whatsoever, no cuts? You are beyond belief I took Councils as an example. Yes, there is still no doubt loads of wasters and inefficiencies still there

Actually totally agree given my limited experience of some lazy wasters stealing a living from the public purse

What is it with you? My views are littered over a number of threads and not going to endlessly repeat myself to your beck and call. You obviously delight in thinking you have some sort of gotcha that has stumped everyone. You have no solutions to social care, the huge demand on health and so many other issues that western society has to tackle. Oh hang on, cut taxes, cut spending. Eureka!

So much enthusiasm and no ability to post. Must be hard for him

I think we drastically need to cut the number of customs and immigration officers. Also massively reduce our police force and reduce the size of the army and how much we give MoD. While we are at it, councils should stop putting street lights on - that electric bill is costing council tax payers. Maybe prison officers too. I have heard far too many and they don’t know what to do with themselves

I would have thought that Thai laughing boy would want more money for the NHS given he was whining like a bitch about his food condition - so many come back to take advantage of free health care. Or maybe his bloated charity wage allows the lazy parasite Thai health care?

Just to be clear as you seem to flip flop. You think Streeting is not trying to reform or make the NHS more efficient just ‘blindly ploughing’ in billions?

Do you like little girls?

I don’t think it is that gloomy although have a couple of friends who vote Reform and they aren’t stupid but do believe British way of life is under threat. Not helped by this cunt desperate to influence people https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is--boostingthe-british-right-13464487

lol, now you sound a little deranged. What interference worries you? Run to the hills and take your beans and guns with you

You edited and put a question in afterwards, well done. You are clueless and haven’t paid attention to anything, just keep spouting your own simplistic ideology which is comically naive. You missed 12 years of austerity. Maybe cut the police? Get rid of more probation officers. Any comments about the wisdom of outsourcing probation? Must have saved the tax payers loads?

You’ve always got your Nic

It’s not a band of brothers, you are just a bit of a simpleton. Too dim to understand the complexities. Cut spending and cut tax yeah man so easy.

58 clearances - Lol

Such mental fortitude to hold on

Phew

Twat Baz - know the fuckin rules FFS

We are so so shit

Well done Baz