Comments on: Andrew Gilligan: Leaked Document – Greenwich Council to Make “Significant” Cuts

By: Greenwich Council confirms £25m of cuts planned « 853

Greenwich Council confirms £25m of cuts planned « 853 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:36:52 +0000

[...] 2010 elections. But did you ever read anything about planned cuts before the election? In November, a leaked report outlined what cuts could be made, but the council refused to comment in public. And the manifesto on the Greenwich & Woolwich [...]

By: Council cuts – Lewisham first, Greenwich next? « 853

Council cuts – Lewisham first, Greenwich next? « 853 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:51:04 +0000

[...] not yet known is how Greenwich will respond to straightened times. Confidential documents leaked to greenwich.co.uk last year said £26.8m of cutbacks were in the pipeline. Council leader Chris Roberts took to propaganda [...]

By: In Greenwich, You Get What You Vote For « SIMON EMMETT . net

In Greenwich, You Get What You Vote For « SIMON EMMETT . net — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:10:57 +0000

[...] what he thought of the £26.8 million cuts that Labour were planning for Greenwich (as reported by Andrew Gilligan at Greenwich.co.uk in October 2009), but subsquently failed to mention that they were planning during the election [...]

By: Indigo

Indigo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:13:56 +0000

I don’t think that Greenwich Council will have problems with their pension liabilities – their pension fund was (and for all I know still is) partly invested in Halliburton/KBR which, as we all know, made a killing in Iraq with those vast no-bid “reconstruction” contracts from the US government. What Greenwich’s Muslim employees think of that, having their pensions partly funded by the exploitation and misery of fellow Muslims, no one yet knows.

By: Fat Cat

Fat Cat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:12:57 +0000

At least the Olympics is being ring fenced – phew! All state spending will be aggressively cut after the next election. The problem that all local authorities have are their huge unfunded pension liabilities. Clearly this issue will roll on for years as the baby boomers retire. Lets face it though less spending by LB Greenwich will be a positive step.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:00 +0000

Chris Andrerson – you can say many things about Greenwich Time but what you can’t say is that it doesnt print letters that disagree with council policy.

Week in week out it prints more than any other local paper attacking council policy. Credit to the council for that.

Do you actually read it? Ofcourse it is your choice not to – but spreading misinformation like this only serves to detract from an otherwise interesting post.

It also leads me to believe that if you are peddling one lie as a fact – how many more times have you done that in your post?

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:03:52 +0000

We all know public spending is going to be curtailed whoever wins the general election – surely it makes sense for the Council to plan for it.

As far as I can see, it looks like a menu of options for consideration not a programme of firm commitments.

By: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:47:48 +0000

My local secondary school Plumstead Manor & the associated Sixth Form Negus College, has now become a casualty of the much heralded “Building Schools for the Future”. Despite concerns by residents the development/improvement to this school were passed by the Planning Committee.
Now some 2 years down the line the coucnil appears to have run out of money (what have they spent it on?)
Plumstead Manor is now having to sell off land (which they could not build on due to costs) to just make a start on some of this work.
Some work was started & it now sits growing weeds behind red hoarding boards, apparatently the same has happened to Thomas Tallis School.
This council are full of praising themselves & printing letters in very much the same vein in the Greenwich Time. Maybe they should take a long hard look at themselves & even call in Auditors to find out where this “tagged” money has gone, it certainly has not been spent on the projects it was allocated to.

By: julia

julia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:33:20 +0000

Nothing this council do ever surprises me any more.

By: Greenwich Labour’s Proposed Cuts « Simon Emmett

Greenwich Labour’s Proposed Cuts « Simon Emmett — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:06:16 +0000

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