There are quite a few on here who will vividly remember 1979, the winter of discontent, when the waste was piled high, the dead were unburried and the country ground to a hault. I don't want to see that again, its bad enough the bins not being emptied every week now. However Neil has a point there is a big difference between the public and private sector, and the bottom line is if there is a 6% rise will the government make allowences in the local government payments or will services have to be cut. the only other outcome is a rise in council tax irrespective of the colour of the council
