{"id":7910,"date":"2014-12-06T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T11:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2015-01-15T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T18:09:00","slug":"7910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/politics-2\/2014\/12\/7910\/","title":{"rendered":"The State Must Get By On Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

Costing too much? Britain’s Town Halls.<\/p>\n

Editorial\u00a0Comment<\/b><\/h4>\n

Press coverage of Chancellor George Osborne\u2019s Autumn Statement<\/strong> has been mixed but the-news.co<\/em> supports the contention that things need to change with the State getting by with less.<\/p>\n

The taxpayer is saddled with paying for three tiers of civil servants, national ones in Whitehall<\/strong>, their euro counterparts in Brussels<\/strong>, and yet more based in our local town halls.<\/p>\n

Are they all really necessary or could we rely on the voluntary sector to provide many of our public services?<\/p>\n

At a recent local residents’ meeting in Brighton<\/strong> complaints were voiced about lack of public toilets in what is after all a seaside tourist resort. A Council representative explained they had to close the existing ones because each needs \u00a3160,000 a year in cleaning costs. Yet most of this amount is taken up by civil servant salary costs. During WWII<\/strong> locals would have taken turns with a bucket and mop.<\/p>\n

A further illustration of how Council staff salaries are an unnecessary burden on the community was during the last council elections the ruling Tory group booked the Town Hall boardroom for a candidates\u2019 meeting. Asking the cost of providing coffee, the organisers were staggered on being told it cost be \u00a360 per head using the council caterers. A couple councillors resolved the issue by bringing some thermos flasks from home.<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s announcement that the new temporary finance chief is costing hard pressed taxpayers \u00a31,000 a day brings home the point. We can\u2019t afford the Civil Service.<\/p>\n

We will still get a perfectly good cup of coffee if we make it ourselves, but in future we will have to do without our \u00a3300,000 a year \u2018indispensable\u2019 butler.<\/p>\n

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Lord David Howell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asked to comment senior Tory peer Lord David Howell said;<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hear people saying that the curbs ahead on our swollen public spending\u00a0will mean a loss of public sector jobs. But have they noticed what has happened?\u00a0 For every job cut in the state sector we have seen two growing in the private sector.<\/p>\n

That is a process which will continue. If its more jobs and faster growth we want \u2013 and who doesn\u2019t \u2013 then it is a slimmed down and much more efficient public sector\u00a0 and a fast expanding private\u00a0 sector we need to deliver.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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