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[cookie_monster]

While I agree that eventually we should get a payrise spending the last couple of years building up an emergency or contingency fund through cost and efficiency savings and then just handing it back out would be madness. I think it’s very sensible that local councils and government have a few billion put aside for e.g an unexpected flood or unpredicted natural disaster, frittering it away on a payrise would be madness as it’s not just one year they would have to find it again the next year and the next. Maybe it could be a one off bonus but again that would be silly i'd be very dissapointed if local government gave away that money

 

Allot of that unallocated money will eventually be going on improving flood defences all over the country and needs to be there to help hard hit areas, Hull anyone? people still living in caravans there. That little flood cost billions fortunatly there was money saved up, Foot and mouth is another example that cleared out the governments 20 billion emergency fund.

Edited July 18, 2008 by cookie_monster

[SteveT]

... so let me see, local government workers have to pay for this while the private sector and national government workers carry on as before?? Doesn't seem very equitable to me!!!:(

[localzuk]

... so let me see, local government workers have to pay for this while the private sector and national government workers carry on as before?? Doesn't seem very equitable to me!!!:(

 

Welcome to capitalism...

[cookie_monster]

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