While a record-breaking 3,906 council bureaucrats pocketed over £100,000 each in total remuneration last year, taxpayers are being squeezed with 5% council tax hikes as councils cry about financial black holes. UK DOGE has been offering tips on how these ‘cash-strapped’ councils might save money instead of shaking down residents to plug the gap…
UK DOGE’s The Waste Files’ research has found that Labour-run Coventry City Council has splashed out on a staggering £162,941 contract for “room booking service.” The lucky contractor, Matrix Booking, has landed the job of scheduling meeting rooms for the next four years. Because council staff can’t summon the strength to manage their own calendars…
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In February Coventry council bagged another government handout after wailing about empty coffers and threatening to slash services. The council taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Speaking on Times Radio, former Home Secretary David Blunkett spoke about overdiagnosis of mental problems:
“Let’s distinguish those who are really severely mentally ill, diagnosed with things that require prolonged medical and diagnostic treatment. My wife and I talk about this a lot, because she’s a retired GP, about the fact that you can be sad without being ill. You can be momentarily depressed because your boyfriend or girlfriend’s just thrown you and you’re not mentally ill. You can even have mild issues, which can be dealt with with the right kind of support, but it doesn’t make you mentally ill. So we’ve got a real task, I think, to get the psychology, if you like, of this over. But there are things where you definitely need medical intervention, and there are other things where you need good friends, you need good connectivity, and you need a job.”