Council bosses use credit cards for lavish lifestyles
 

Council bosses presiding over the deepest cuts since the Second World War are using their taxpayer-funded expenses and credit cards to fund a lavish lifestyle of five-star hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants and retreats at exclusive golf resorts and spas and while we are having to tighten our belts considerably we have politicians and Council bosses still abusing the system.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...ifestyles.html

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What a surprise .Local authorities have been accused of this for years ,it's probably where the MP's learnt how to do it .Hopefully we have sorted out the MP's so now it's time to sort out the local councillors

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I doubt that it has sorted out the MP's, its all a free meal ticket to do things 'which are important to the way they do business'.

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You should read Private Eye.That's where the truth can be found about local government corruption or misuse of funds and expenses.

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Corruption in Local Government? How surprising....:rolleyes:

These Guys are experts and could teach the MP's a thing or two. Quite a few Local Council CEO's earn considerably more than the Prime Minister.

How did that happen??? Why did it take FOI's before we found out???

It's been going on forever and nothing is done.

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l was once talking to a ex Lord Mayor and the figures he told me that councillors were claiming and spending were to say the least staggering.

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Exactly. I remember a few years ago, Private Eye ran several articles on our local councillors (mis)use of expenses and funds. The Council's response? To ban all of it's employees from reading Private Eye.

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Many people in the UK think that it is only in third world countrys where officials are corrupt. People should know the truth.

If local authorities were run properly, then there probably wouldn't be any need for any cuts.

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What saddens me is that it's not considered newsworthy in the larger more read newspapers.:(

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Yes it amazes me as well.

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Not surprising news it's been going for years years...the gravy train rolls onwards. As under labour (every government is the same at one point) You get a group of powerful power making people, that heads a region. Then it all blows out from their, only taking on their own self wishing kind me-me-me fat cats so-called leader of sociality, once that takes hold there no going back for them, free this...that etc.

All these cuts are down to bad management, poor control of accounts & over staffing full stop.
(everyone knows that the local council's is over staffed by X3 the number that a private firm could do for a 1/16th of the price)
The cure is easy, strip the whole leading board top first, then downwards - put the top fat cat on 75% performance rated pay of their income capped, once then they will have to prove there worth or get kicked without any bonuses or pension simple. For the lower ranks filter out the problem areas: eg man power too little here, too much there - then cut the waste, a basic balancing book/accounts task.

From that run a council like private firm would with multi part/off shoots to it. Keep it simple, pay for performance & quality of the jobs completed. Make every one part of the solution not a problem unlike now, simply meaning from tradesman to foreman to manager, to chief ex to head boss getting his hands dirty with job at hand > not behind a clean warm desk! or office (pencil pushers!)
That how any good solid work place works, it solves the problem of a lot of thing like, less staff (better wage), quality control & customer care + fair public retail prices. Every year you get more customers through the door + your services increase to suit our customers + quick turn around not mention good customer service on the problem side. A simple tried & tested formula that works.:D

Unions are causing many of problems in the work place where as without them, problems can be solved much easier by direct contact with your employer, why pay someone to do that for you ??????? I wouldn't. I hope most see this to, there useless to the point of being funded by the hard work of today work only cause loss of jobs through strikes!!! where it didn't have to be in first place. :mad:

To add....I've been told many of times that if all these councils where as a business they wouldn't last 3 months before they folded dry ( ran out of money) ;)