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Hmmm, digging holes!

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Well he did see the error of his ways in the end Bob:D

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That proves it.

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Well all the county council cuts are coming from the lackies instead of the lame ducks at the top, no suprise there then :rolleyes:

ALMOST 70 per cent of the spending cuts made by Lancashire County Council will come from the front line, it has been revealed.
Despite promising to focus cuts on ‘back-office functions’, County Hall’s rulers are today set to agree £179million cuts that will mostly come from reductions to services.

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What do LCC do that we will miss?

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Educashun, edukatshun, hedukshan.

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here it is ... though you may not miss some of them others might do ...

Bus routes hit as Lancashire County Council reveals £179million cuts (From Lancashire Telegraph)

No department has been left out of the list of cuts, which includes:
• Cuts to 16 bus services, of which eight will affect East Lancashire, including school services.

• No longer offering care services to 3,900 people whose needs are assessed as ‘moderate’, rather than ‘critical’.

• A hike in the charges for day care services, meals on wheels and home care.

• The closure of five of the county’s 15 children’s homes, leading to a reduction in the number of places available from 90 to 60.

• The closure of a further four household waste recycling centres, in addition to the four already closing this year.

Bosses admit that £97million of the cuts will affect services, while another £7.3million will come from increased fees and charges to taxpayers.

A consultation will now be held before a final decision is made in March on the cuts which will take place over the next three years from April.

Conservative council leader Geoff Driver said reductions of £179million from the previous budget of £725million left him with little choice.

The county council runs most services in Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. It employs 24,000 non-teaching staff, 9,000 of whom live in East Lancashire.

Council tax is likely to be frozen for the next three years.

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here is the actual report from lancashire county council ...

http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/mgC...F.aspx?ID=1051

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no ones it seems is safe from harsh tory cuts but not to worry im sure there will be a multi million pound boost to the needy soon from our government..

just not the needy in this country :mad:

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So savage cuts to school bus services, meals on wheels, home helps, childrens homes......the list goes on.

Never mind. We are all in it together, as the following article shows.

BBC News - Bank bonuses 'to run to billions in 2011'

:(

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I listened to this on radio 4 this morning .

So much for Vince Cable's waffling that the Coalition would take robust action against this sort of thing . :(

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I would have said gritting, but that service was scrapped in December :D

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I've just had a look at the proposed list of savings that went to HBC Cabinet yesterday, and I have to say it makes shocking reading. I don't envy the officers and members who have to carry out those savings. There are some very painful cuts there, and a lot of staff redundancies.

One worry I have is the proposed increases in income, which total nearly 650,000 pounds. It's one thing to cut back on spending, but its another thing to go out and generate income that wasn't there before, especially with reduced staff and reduced budgets. The concept of "speculate to accumulate" is not something familiar in local government.

All the same, I wish everyone good luck!

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So are the pay cuts worked out by senior management and then approved by cabinet or do the cabinet decide it all themselves?

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Senior management are the experts, and they have to be satisfied the cuts are achievable before they present options to cabinet for approval.