Clearly Maths is not well taught on the planet Vogon.
Today the Evening Post reveals another 900 jobs to go at County Hell in addition to the 470 already announced. 1370 in total (so far). Information coming my way suggests this will equate to an annual saving of £35m after 2 years. Selling off assets will produce another 5m, £40m total. Now the Conservatives have pledged to keep council tax rises to zero. A 1% rise in Council Tax would produce £3m so 3%, as last year would produce £9m or £18m over 2 years (with compound effect say £20m). The Tories want to save £40m p.a after 2 years so where will the other £20m go?
It could be that Kay Cutts never attended her maths lessons and I'm sure it is just a co-incidence that this £20m is roughly the amount needed to fund the promises needed to get elected and the work to County Hell afterwards which I identified here (Gedling bus plug removal, pull out of tram, 3 new cabinet posts, office refurbishment etc)....plus the IKEA roundabout expense as promised in a bye-election which I revealed here.
This nicely equates with the Post revealing a saving of £85m over 3 years (as more assets are sold and the next round of redundancies is announced in the new year). This could be great news for the few, like this gentleman. who are benefitting from all this new found wealth, but very bad news for the majority especially in the north of County who may have the mis-fortune to be poor, old and vulnerable.
As they say on the planet Vogon; You gets what you votes for.
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As Disraeli (supposedly) said: There are lies, damned lies and statistics. The Tories seem to be employing the first two pretty effectively...
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