Cable Forum - View Single Post - Public parks in England under threat from spending cuts

Taf · 12-02-2017, 11:25

As for making money out of recycling, that stopped ages ago here. A lot is now stored, at cost to the local taxpayer, because the sheer volume of recycled materials made the price collapse. And a lot of that expected to be sold is rejected as being "contaminated".

The parks though are suffering. The only bits regularly mowed are sports areas where users pay to use the land. Litter-picking seems to have almost stopped, apart from in highly public areas. Tree management is lacking as well. Fallen trees are just left to rot.

Our council is trying to get out of the pensions game, they want contractors to be liable for their workers' pensions (and sick pay, training, etc.). After big manpower cuts they tried to shift Social Care to contractors, but it appears that was not a lucrative proposal, so the council has just announced that they are taking on staff for that role.

They have been closing Pensioners Care Homes and Day Care units, so care must be in the patient's own home.

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Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,813	Re: Budgets for Councils - Now its Parks that suffer As for making money out of recycling, that stopped ages ago here. A lot is now stored, at cost to the local taxpayer, because the sheer volume of recycled materials made the price collapse. And a lot of that expected to be sold is rejected as being "contaminated". The parks though are suffering. The only bits regularly mowed are sports areas where users pay to use the land. Litter-picking seems to have almost stopped, apart from in highly public areas. Tree management is lacking as well. Fallen trees are just left to rot. Our council is trying to get out of the pensions game, they want contractors to be liable for their workers' pensions (and sick pay, training, etc.). After big manpower cuts they tried to shift Social Care to contractors, but it appears that was not a lucrative proposal, so the council has just announced that they are taking on staff for that role. They have been closing Pensioners Care Homes and Day Care units, so care must be in the patient's own home.