The comment from Beastrabban is especially illuminating.
(not satire – it’s the Tories!)
Conservative councillors in Tory-controlled Croydon council decided to spend over £140 million on a lavish new HQ for themselves.
No expense has been spared on their cosy new offices – the building comes complete with taps costing £272 each and a £410 umbrella-wrapping machine (I kid you not).
Mind you, at the same time, the council has been telling residents money is so tight that cuts will have to be made to services for the elderly, the disabled, people with mental health problems, youth programmes and children’s care programmes including the axing of school crossing patrols:
Croydon Council’s proposed cuts to hit borough’s most vulnerable
Glad to see Tories getting their priorities right again.
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Please feel free to comment.
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Croydon Council spends £272 on one tap in £140m new HQ
Croydon Council spends £410 on umbrella-wrapping machine for new HQ
chriskitcher said:
So what is the “Lump of Lard”, more commonly known as Eric Pickles saying about this?
dave said:
f*** all if i know him
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The Swans New Party said:
There is no need of head offices for local councils. We live in an age of computing when most staff could work from home or out and about.
There is also the waste of duplicate councils instead of having just unitary councils, with no head office, thus huge savings in management costs.
Croydon could re-sell their head offices to be renovated into luxury serviced apartments, as London is a magnet for foreign investment. By being serviced apartments, this generates jobs locally.
The umbrella wrapping machine could be part of the Concierge service for the luxury owners or renters, for a fee.
So no waste and all can be sold on, to recoup all the millions wasted on this project.
The councillors, having misspent funds, and not providing the services that council tax are for, can then be subjected to a local referendum to cut their numbers and save permanently on their expenses. Sharing management costs with neighbouring councils as well.
The state pension is paid even if you decide not to leave work, so the rehired lollipop ladies, elder and disabled carers, employees for services to mental health and youth locally, would get something like a living income between low wages and the state pension.