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park381

08-07-2007 08:10

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by mick (Post 445859)

Thats Great now they will have more money to throw at Hyndburn life ex website:D

May be Mr Jones will watch for that
"It's an absolute disgrace. We might as well have spent this £591,000 trying to grow straight bananas for what we have got out of this website"

claytonender

08-07-2007 18:59

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by park381 (Post 445857)

From the Observer
'Over half the financial savings came from better use of resources and via partnership working.
Other savings stemmed from insurance and pension cost, where poor practice in the past had been eliminated, and from better management of the council's money.'

Do they not call it creative accounting :D

I thought HBC had a large debt from the days when Hyndburn BC was formed.
Has that debt been paid or lost from the books?

Where the savings from insrance costs because they used less reputable insurance companies or did they not insure at all.

WillowTheWhisp

08-07-2007 21:56

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 445739)

What question could you possibly ask under the freedom of information act to identify where they haven't spent money?

Presicely!

park381

09-07-2007 06:20

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 446066)

Where the savings from insrance costs because they used less reputable insurance companies or did they not insure at all.

Possible reduction in staff employed would reduce employers NI contributions and pension contributions. Must be a big reduction in staff employed to make that sort of difference. :rolleyes:

park381

09-07-2007 06:23

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 445739)

What question could you possibly ask under the freedom of information act to identify where they haven't spent money?

Don't think you would need to ask questions to identify where money has'nt been spent, just look around !

claytonender

09-07-2007 06:43

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by park381 (Post 446203)

Possible reduction in staff employed would reduce employers NI contributions and pension contributions. Must be a big reduction in staff employed to make that sort of difference. :rolleyes:

There has been a very large reduction on staff, as all the staff from the housing departmetn and works departmetn were all transfered to Hyndburn Homes at the begiining of April 2006. But it would be creative accounting to include this reduction in any savings, as those payments should not have been included in any budget figures for 2006/2007 financial year. If you know that you are not to pay something out it can not be classed as a saving.

park381

09-07-2007 07:20

Re: Council makes huge savings

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Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 446207)

If you know that you are not to pay something out it can not be classed as a saving.

There you go, looks like that's what they have done.

SPUGGIE J

09-07-2007 11:08

Re: Council makes huge savings

I will have to remember this the next time I need to save some money ie dont pay for something so I can claim a saving. Creative accounting at its best and now there will be big fat bonuses for some because of these so called savings. Sadley though these bonuses will wipe out the savings and defeat the purpose.

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