Saturday, 04 February 2012

How should councils cut costs?

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Cost savings could have been made if the whole fiasco of a rushed change in the secondary school system here in Barrow had been better thought out. We are now, with the closure of Alfred Barrow School seeing the prospect of even more money being wasted as the building, without being used, is allowed to decay and on a purpose being found for it thousands of pounds spent to repair avoidable damage.

Posted by Margie Arts on 8 April 2009 at 17:18

"How should councils cut costs?"
They could start a Council Officers NVQ course at Furness College and replace the present hierarchy with freshly-qualified (and cheap) youngsters.

Posted by Neil on 8 April 2009 at 14:33

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