Blackburn council plans redundancies to meet government spending targets (From This Is Lancashire)

Cue unwelcome comments from selfish people who know no better, about people about to have their world turned upside down

jack daniels wrote:
Cue unwelcome comments from selfish people who know no better, about people about to have their world turned upside down

No it's a crying shame.

It's why Labour are a total and utter disgrace. Giving people dreams, but it was based on debt so stupid that it makes a credit card addict look sensible, and so these jobs were completely unsustainable.

It's a tragedy which never needed to happen, but it came about from the likes of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, and their young acolytes of the time like Ed Miliband and Ed Balls of course. All of them shamelessly creating jobs on unsustainable debt, all to win votes.

And it's real people who pay the price, not them at all. While Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, themselves architects of this tragedy, are made the new leaders,normal people at home worry about a letter through the door which would wreck their lives.

It's rotten isn't it.

What kind of baffons are running that council last year they under spend £6m
The whole government spending cuts is just a con to squeeze the working people. It costs a lot of money to make people redundant, and then we are Tod that in 2 years we will be out of recession so cutting now doesn't work.

Jack Herer wrote:

jack daniels wrote:
Cue unwelcome comments from selfish people who know no better, about people about to have their world turned upside down

No it's a crying shame.

It's why Labour are a total and utter disgrace. Giving people dreams, but it was based on debt so stupid that it makes a credit card addict look sensible, and so these jobs were completely unsustainable.

It's a tragedy which never needed to happen, but it came about from the likes of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, and their young acolytes of the time like Ed Miliband and Ed Balls of course. All of them shamelessly creating jobs on unsustainable debt, all to win votes.

And it's real people who pay the price, not them at all. While Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, themselves architects of this tragedy, are made the new leaders,normal people at home worry about a letter through the door which would wreck their lives.

It's rotten isn't it.

Well said, Jack.

As none of the essential work seems to be getting done e.g. Drain cleaning, grass cutting etc. why do we need all the heads of departments on huge salaries. They must be sat in their offices doing nothing. Because nothing is getting done. Get rid of them, amalgamate departments with one head instead of several. In other words get rid of the chiefs but keep the Indians.

A Darener wrote:
As none of the essential work seems to be getting done e.g. Drain cleaning, grass cutting etc. why do we need all the heads of departments on huge salaries. They must be sat in their offices doing nothing. Because nothing is getting done. Get rid of them, amalgamate departments with one head instead of several. In other words get rid of the chiefs but keep the Indians.

Agree sure could make saving ere first. No doubt the additional influx agreed by Jack Straw will cause overspending next year. The politicians should hang their heads in shame. People who have real dreams shatered due to these vote catchers. Hope all remember come the elections but doubt it.

This ones real easy, anyone earning over 50 grand should be made redundant. That should have em running for cover. Guess which services would be affected........? NONE

RUinsane wrote:
This ones real easy, anyone earning over 50 grand should be made redundant. That should have em running for cover. Guess which services would be affected........? NONE

How true!

New Labour have always been hiding behind the old Labour banner knowing full well that the old historical loyalty votes will see them through. New Labour are not Labour but Jack Straw who has made a fine living from having a safe Labour seat here in Blackburn was still prepared to share Tony Blair‘s bed plus his war as well. Now both are extremely wealthy all due to the many loyal votes of old Labour folk who still seem blinkered as to what the New Labour gathering brought upon us all.

But welcome home Tony is now the New Labour cry!

Re the headline: Blackburn council plans redundancies to meet government spending targets. But judging by their past knowledge of our finances how do we know what they say to be true?

try getting shut of the dead wood from the council that are still wasting money year after year. yes it still goes on by old school council workers and also the capita super staff. let hope the coucil pay these people out.

so which tory voter on this site is up for "big society" and cutting grass instead of whinging about it?

They made compulsory redundancies last year. My son was one of them. Bad employer.

l m h jones wrote:
so which tory voter on this site is up for "big society" and cutting grass instead of whinging about it?

I think you will find that even Tory Voters are sick to the back teeth with the garbage management we have these days. cull all the 50k+ brigade bring the power back to the people.

Jack Herer wrote:

jack daniels wrote:
Cue unwelcome comments from selfish people who know no better, about people about to have their world turned upside down

No it's a crying shame.

It's why Labour are a total and utter disgrace. Giving people dreams, but it was based on debt so stupid that it makes a credit card addict look sensible, and so these jobs were completely unsustainable.

It's a tragedy which never needed to happen, but it came about from the likes of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, and their young acolytes of the time like Ed Miliband and Ed Balls of course. All of them shamelessly creating jobs on unsustainable debt, all to win votes.

And it's real people who pay the price, not them at all. While Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, themselves architects of this tragedy, are made the new leaders,normal people at home worry about a letter through the door which would wreck their lives.

It's rotten isn't it.

Errrrr,,,,,,,,,no Jack Herer...debt wasn't that bad under Labour........averag
e for the EU + the loans taken out (after the banking collapse) were at the lowest ever rates. Compare debt as a % under Labour and with your heroine Thatcher.
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Ironic isn't it that Cameron & Osborne are pleading with the banks to lend business money...yet lending under Labour was sooo terrible !!
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You can't have it both ways !
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Presumably you totally disagree with folk getting mortgages ????

english rose 1 wrote:

Jack Herer wrote:

jack daniels wrote:
Cue unwelcome comments from selfish people who know no better, about people about to have their world turned upside down

No it's a crying shame.

It's why Labour are a total and utter disgrace. Giving people dreams, but it was based on debt so stupid that it makes a credit card addict look sensible, and so these jobs were completely unsustainable.

It's a tragedy which never needed to happen, but it came about from the likes of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, and their young acolytes of the time like Ed Miliband and Ed Balls of course. All of them shamelessly creating jobs on unsustainable debt, all to win votes.

And it's real people who pay the price, not them at all. While Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, themselves architects of this tragedy, are made the new leaders,normal people at home worry about a letter through the door which would wreck their lives.

It's rotten isn't it.

Errrrr,,,,,,,,,no Jack Herer...debt wasn't that bad under Labour........averag

e for the EU + the loans taken out (after the banking collapse) were at the lowest ever rates. Compare debt as a % under Labour and with your heroine Thatcher.
*
Ironic isn't it that Cameron & Osborne are pleading with the banks to lend business money...yet lending under Labour was sooo terrible !!
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You can't have it both ways !
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Presumably you totally disagree with folk getting mortgages ????

Political banner bearer - Bless . . .

There is nothing wrong with taking out a loan. The problem is having the ability to repay it. I was always lucky in that the loans I had I was always able to repay. Although my parents brought me up to believe neither lender nor borrower be. I realise that it is not always possible not to take out a loan. But never borrow more than you can comfortably repay. Unfortunately the Labour government thought differently. Their philosophy was....the next generation can repay all our borrowings. Well that generation is all of us now! The present Government has to do what ALL Tory governments have had to do, get us out of a mess created by a previous Labour Government.

all i can say is there wouldnt need to be redundencies if the council didnt pay over inflated wages, i seen a part time cleaners job 20 hours a week with an annual salary of £13,500 now come on theres people doing a fukll days work and not coming out with that so what makes them so special??