Rutland County Council, run by the Greens and LibDems, already has one of the highest council tax rates in the country. This year, they’ve raised it by another 2% after declaring a £46.6 million deficit – triggering cuts to education, transport, and other services. Co-conspirators can guess what they did manage to find cash for though…
The council is now recruiting a brand new ‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Adviser’ – with a tidy salary of £41,511 and the luxury of working from home. The lucky hire will be expected to “implement the Council’s EDI strategy”, tackle “unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation“, and work on “advancing equality of opportunity between people who share and people who do not share a relevant protected characteristic.” Nicely vague…
For that, you could:
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.”