Reducing crisis management *is* reducing current spending. Accounting rules in local government do stupid things. Maintaining drains costs money, so the budget is cut and the money is saved. Huzzah! … (View Post)

Boris *sold* a plan, but it wasn't real. He got desperate councils to bid for BBB funding. Which cost them money they didn't have. To apply for money that largely didn't exist. Everyon… (View Post)

The killer point. We don't know where we're going - and we haven't done since Boris was removed. Boris had vision - no plan to actually deliver it, but the vision was clearly there. As… (View Post)

Sorry for your loss @Flatlander - a couple of years since my dad died and I'm happy that the estate is now well managed (by me) with my mum quite comfortably off. (View Post)

An interesting read, thanks (View Post)