It’s £50 to become an Aston Villa member. It’s £3,450 to join Soho House. Life membership of the MCC can be as little as £7,000. A subscription to the County Councils Network costs £30,000 while the society of county treasurers is a more modest £4,500, at least according to the latest monthly spending figures for Worcestershire County Council.
Worcestershire (£600 million in debt) is one of 37 local authorities in the County Councils Network, which says it is ‘one of the most influential organisation (sic) in local government’
No doubt the minority Reform administration won’t sacrifice Worcestershire’s membership for the sake of a mere £30k when, in July, they spent £59,000 on seeds and plants, £27,000 on legal fees, not to mention grants of £100,000 to Boundless Outdoors Ltd, £41,000 to Workpays Ltd and £4,740 to Everybody Dancing.
The county’s taxpayers laid out £375,000 to Matrix SCM Ltd, who ‘revolutionise the way employers attract, recruit and manage’ temporary staff on top of the £59,000 paid to Matchtech Group Ltd, ‘a STEM recruitment specialist, with over 40 years' experience in successfully matching STEM professionals with hiring employers in multiple sectors’.
The county paid Oxford Innovation, which ‘help towns, regions and communities to flourish by providing the support that encourages entrepreneurs and small businesses to start-up and to scale up’, £51,000 in July and spent £101,000 with Civica on computer maintenance and support.
Of the £88,000 spent on county council credit cards in July, £13,068 went to Amazon, £7,634 to Airbnb, £4,223 to Argos, £2,817 to Morrison, £2,396 to Asda, £2,043 to Currys but a frugal £97 to Waitrose.
Council tax in Worcestershire rose 4.99 per cent this year (0.01 per cent below the legal maximum).
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25425708.reform-finance-chief-councils-new-deputy-leader/
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Monday, August 25, 2025
The working camel's State-sector burden
Here’s a great ‘twofer’ offer for every private sector employee: a State-sponsored dependent of your very own.
At least half the country now lives off the State, leaving real working people to carry the whole burden.
There are 26 million private-sector workers. Their taxes sustain 55 million adults in Britain.
Of the country’s 13.1 million pensioners, 1.2 million rely solely on the state pension to get by while 5.2 million receive public sector pensions (almost all unfunded and paid out of general taxation).
Then there are 10.6 million people on working-age benefits, largely universal credit and disability benefits but including housing benefit, jobseekers’ allowance, employment support allowance and so on.
The Government itself employs 6.1 million people in the civil service, the NHS, local government, police, armed forces, railways and so on.
Add at least 106,000 asylum-seekers and we get 23.1 million people – 42 per cent of the adult population – directly dependent on the State.
On top of that, it’s reasonable to include 1 million people working for State-backed charities and 2.4 million in the State-subsidised arts bringing the total to 26.5 million.
Even this excludes hideous public-sector projects like HS2 so it’s clear the State provides for at least half the nation’s adults.
This means every single wealth-creator (ie someone who earns money which doesn’t come one way or another from the taxpayer via the Government or tangled web of offshoots) must carry one State-sponsored dependent.
Yet Rachel from Complaints wants to add more straws to the camel’s back. The last straw can’t be far away.
At least half the country now lives off the State, leaving real working people to carry the whole burden.
There are 26 million private-sector workers. Their taxes sustain 55 million adults in Britain.
Of the country’s 13.1 million pensioners, 1.2 million rely solely on the state pension to get by while 5.2 million receive public sector pensions (almost all unfunded and paid out of general taxation).
Then there are 10.6 million people on working-age benefits, largely universal credit and disability benefits but including housing benefit, jobseekers’ allowance, employment support allowance and so on.
The Government itself employs 6.1 million people in the civil service, the NHS, local government, police, armed forces, railways and so on.
Add at least 106,000 asylum-seekers and we get 23.1 million people – 42 per cent of the adult population – directly dependent on the State.
On top of that, it’s reasonable to include 1 million people working for State-backed charities and 2.4 million in the State-subsidised arts bringing the total to 26.5 million.
Even this excludes hideous public-sector projects like HS2 so it’s clear the State provides for at least half the nation’s adults.
This means every single wealth-creator (ie someone who earns money which doesn’t come one way or another from the taxpayer via the Government or tangled web of offshoots) must carry one State-sponsored dependent.
Yet Rachel from Complaints wants to add more straws to the camel’s back. The last straw can’t be far away.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Ever-so 'umble
What a wonderful and caring city Birmingham is, spending £4.3 million ‘working towards a society where newcomers feel welcome, valued and lead dignified lives’ as well as £305,000 on an Employability Service for Sanctuary Seekers.
Not to mention the millions on temporary accommodation (£51 milion with one business alone) as well as smaller sums.
The caring city council is paying no less than £94 million to look after sexual health in a way that’s ‘non-judgmental and for people of all ages, genders and orientations’.
If that isn’t enough, what about the £90,000 being spent on Cultural Humility and Safety Training with Strawberry Words. Apparently, ‘Cultural Humility is a framework that offers a compassionate way through learning about systemic discrimination and racism.’
Birmingham may be bankrupt and the bins may still be full but at least the city is getting rid of Union Jacks and flags of St George and showing how much it cares, in a truly meaningful way.
Mind you, one has to wonder why it’s paying HS2 £2.5 million to take Curzon Street Station off its hands.
Not to mention the millions on temporary accommodation (£51 milion with one business alone) as well as smaller sums.
The caring city council is paying no less than £94 million to look after sexual health in a way that’s ‘non-judgmental and for people of all ages, genders and orientations’.
If that isn’t enough, what about the £90,000 being spent on Cultural Humility and Safety Training with Strawberry Words. Apparently, ‘Cultural Humility is a framework that offers a compassionate way through learning about systemic discrimination and racism.’
Birmingham may be bankrupt and the bins may still be full but at least the city is getting rid of Union Jacks and flags of St George and showing how much it cares, in a truly meaningful way.
Mind you, one has to wonder why it’s paying HS2 £2.5 million to take Curzon Street Station off its hands.
Rubbish is not the only waste piling debt on debt
As Rachel from Complaints prepares to extract blood from the taxpayer stone, we should be demanding spending cuts and a careful husbanding of resources.
Yet a casual glance at the sums splurged by public bodies like Birmingham Council, the Mayor of the West Midlands or the Police and Crime Commissioner prove they are only interested in wasting taxpayers’ money.
And I really do mean wasting it.
There is absolutely no evidence these clowns have any interest in reducing public spending, getting value for money or providing taxpayers with a decent service.
Having trawled through their spending spreadsheets, it is clear they think the money will just keep on flowing free.
And if these ‘public servants’ are wasting billions in the West Midlands, you can be certain they are wasting billions everywhere else as well.
It’s disgusting and surely the time is coming very soon when Government debt rises so sharply, and taxpayers’ ability to fund it slumps so severely, there will be a real financial crisis.
The tragedy is that so many businesses as well as individuals now depend entirely on the taxpayer that the real wealth-creators are becoming a smaller and smaller oppressed minority.
The inverted pyramid will collapse under the weight of all those dependents. No wonder millionaires are fleeing the country while they still can. Who is John Galt?
Yet a casual glance at the sums splurged by public bodies like Birmingham Council, the Mayor of the West Midlands or the Police and Crime Commissioner prove they are only interested in wasting taxpayers’ money.
And I really do mean wasting it.
There is absolutely no evidence these clowns have any interest in reducing public spending, getting value for money or providing taxpayers with a decent service.
Having trawled through their spending spreadsheets, it is clear they think the money will just keep on flowing free.
And if these ‘public servants’ are wasting billions in the West Midlands, you can be certain they are wasting billions everywhere else as well.
It’s disgusting and surely the time is coming very soon when Government debt rises so sharply, and taxpayers’ ability to fund it slumps so severely, there will be a real financial crisis.
The tragedy is that so many businesses as well as individuals now depend entirely on the taxpayer that the real wealth-creators are becoming a smaller and smaller oppressed minority.
The inverted pyramid will collapse under the weight of all those dependents. No wonder millionaires are fleeing the country while they still can. Who is John Galt?
Monday, August 18, 2025
Out and about on the council credit card
Just thought it might be worth flagging up that Birmingham Council’s own taxpayer-funded motorists are among those vulnerable to a misplaced Union Jack.
In July, local taxpayers paid out about £34,000 on council credit cards at petrol stations, mostly in the city but some as far afield as Cornwall. They also paid almost £7,000 to e.on next which is ‘perfect for electric vehicles’.
With all this driving about, it’s natural local taxpayers would have to stump up for hotels from time to time. They’ve paid for accommodation at Holiday Inns, Hiltons and similar in places like Sunderland, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Stockton-on-Tees and even Birmingham (which seems a bit odd).
Local taxpayers also spent at least £16,600 with Amazon on council credit cards last month. This helped bring total spending on our flexible friends to £232,000 in July and £4.5 million in the past 12 months.
Other purchases included various sums at shops like Asda, Tesco, Pret-a-manger and McDonald’s (£54 last month, well down on last August’s £625), the Old Joint Stock (£415) and Rudy’s (£267).
Event professionals Off Limits got £3,894; Wesley Media, who provide ‘truly personal and unique ceremonies’ got £13,500; WaterPlus, who offer ‘tailored water solutions’, were paid £25,000.
As for Birmingham’s clean air zone, council credit cards paid £4,008 in July, not bad considering the council staff’s old bangers cost local taxpayers £19,766 in October 2021 but a lot worse than the £334 spent this May.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15003113/Fury-Labour-run-council-tears-dangerous-St-Georges-Union-Jack-flags.html
In July, local taxpayers paid out about £34,000 on council credit cards at petrol stations, mostly in the city but some as far afield as Cornwall. They also paid almost £7,000 to e.on next which is ‘perfect for electric vehicles’.
With all this driving about, it’s natural local taxpayers would have to stump up for hotels from time to time. They’ve paid for accommodation at Holiday Inns, Hiltons and similar in places like Sunderland, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Stockton-on-Tees and even Birmingham (which seems a bit odd).
Local taxpayers also spent at least £16,600 with Amazon on council credit cards last month. This helped bring total spending on our flexible friends to £232,000 in July and £4.5 million in the past 12 months.
Other purchases included various sums at shops like Asda, Tesco, Pret-a-manger and McDonald’s (£54 last month, well down on last August’s £625), the Old Joint Stock (£415) and Rudy’s (£267).
Event professionals Off Limits got £3,894; Wesley Media, who provide ‘truly personal and unique ceremonies’ got £13,500; WaterPlus, who offer ‘tailored water solutions’, were paid £25,000.
As for Birmingham’s clean air zone, council credit cards paid £4,008 in July, not bad considering the council staff’s old bangers cost local taxpayers £19,766 in October 2021 but a lot worse than the £334 spent this May.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15003113/Fury-Labour-run-council-tears-dangerous-St-Georges-Union-Jack-flags.html
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Spend, spend, spend with Mayor Parker
Birmingham Council may be bankrupt but Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, is spending money like it’s going out of fashion.
When you’re splashing out £10 million teaching people how to exploit artificial intelligence, perhaps West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker could save money on consultants, who cost him £1.7 million in June alone.
The consultants, providers of ‘external advice’ or of ‘professional advice, ranged from London lawyers Addleshaw Goddard (£185,000) and Deloitte (£89k) to Gazebo Theatre Company (£18k) and actress Lorna Nickson-Brown (£2,666).
There’s lots more about ‘cash for jollies’. See below…
Mr Parker’s open-handed use of taxpayers’ money saw him spend £470,000 on temporary staff in June (Hays Specialist Recruitment got the lion’s share as usual). This suggests he just can’t get the staff, which is odd given his West Midlands Combined Authority employs 389 people earning more than £50,000 a year.
It seems the subscription to the National Fire Chiefs Council costs £48,831. Luckily Mr Parker and his crew can cool off in this hot weather thanks to the £15,210 they spent on air conditioning maintenance and they can read all about themselves via the Financial Times press cutting service (£6,819).
Mr Parker appears to be proud of how he is squandering taxpayers' money on 'new small grants programme for artists, creatives, and organisations to boost their international profile, create new partnerships abroad, and promote their work on a global scale'. This is his list of grants between £2,500 and £8,000:
• Work with Jamaican creatives and artists to develop the play "Nanny's Home", exploring the complex relationship of the Windrush generation and Jamaica;
• Exploring family structures & dynamics in China through the eyes of disabled artists & other marginalised groups
• Attending Le Guess Who Festival in Utretch, Netherlands, one of the most forward-thinking festivals in the world and is a peer to Supersonic festival.
• Gazebo Theatre | United States of America and Canada - To develop long term collaborative relationships in Seattle, USA, undertaking sharing of ideas, knowledge transfer, exchanges & workshops.
• Philippines - Building a network with the LGBTQ+ community & creative scenes in Manilla, Philippines to engage in performances, knowledge exchanges & workshops.
• A photography project in Bangladesh capturing the everyday existence of the Sundarbans honey harvesters as they experience the devastating effects of climate change.
• Funding a delegation of artists to develop a new partnership with Gulf Photo Plus. This will provide an opportunity to meet with leading international gallerists, curators and artists, which has the potential to expand and propel their practice.
• To fund a number of dancers to participate in Dearborn 2024 Para Dance Sport USA Open. This opportunity will have a transformative effect on their individual capabilities and on Propel Dance’s future.
• To develop an existing relationship with the artistic community in Ghana, leading to a new immersive show and long-term collaboration with Ghanaian artists.
• Support for a residency and professional networking to promote a collaborative project in Toronto, Canada to explore themes of post-coloniality and migration.
• An R&D project to develop partnerships on the island of Stor Pelling, Finland. The result of which will influence a new creative project analysing the complexities of island life.
CREATIVE LEGACY GRANTS:
1. Master Peace Academy CIC | Kenya - Working with local jewellery makers and miners in Kenya to develop relationships and invest in the creative community.
2. Notnow Collective | Bosnia & Herzegovina - Developing a collaboration with artists and creatives, examining the collective experiences of grief and loss in the post-colonial and post-conflict memory.
3. House of Emanuel I and I C.I.C | Ethiopia -Funding a cultural delegation to Ethiopia, focusing on street art, sustainability, and cultural unity to foster cultural education and bridging diverse heritages.
4. TECTUM Theatre CIC | South Africa - Working with early-career South African musicians and actors to develop the musical language and test out new material with actors in the Market Theatre space.
5. Friction Arts Ltd | Indonesia - Delivering a series of workshops and collaboration events in Bandung, Indonesia and undertaking research into socially engaged artists in the region, and to share experience and expertise.
6. We Don’t Settle CIC | Botswana - Developing an artist-in-residence program in Botswana, specifically focussed on supporting artists from underrepresented backgrounds, culminating in the co-creation of an exhibition and online gallery.
7. Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces | India - To develop a partnership with Serendipity Arts Festival with the intention to foster innovative international collaboration.
8. Extraordinary Us CIC | Rwanda & Kosovo - The Weight of War will be an internationally co-created performance exploring themes of inherited grief whilst asking the question ’when does the war actually end?’. The opportunity will strengthen existing relationships and enable a deeper insight into their cultures.
9. Bright Young Minds | Ghana, Malawi, Zambia & Jamaica - Working alongside established authentic cultural dance tutors/choreographers to share their skills, knowledge and dance techniques within a short series of master classes and performances.
If you find this an unbelievable waste of public money and therefore think it can't possibly be true, check it out here: https://www.wmca.org.uk/what-we-do/culture-and-digital/culture-and-creative-industries/projects/cwglef/international-fund/
When you’re splashing out £10 million teaching people how to exploit artificial intelligence, perhaps West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker could save money on consultants, who cost him £1.7 million in June alone.
The consultants, providers of ‘external advice’ or of ‘professional advice, ranged from London lawyers Addleshaw Goddard (£185,000) and Deloitte (£89k) to Gazebo Theatre Company (£18k) and actress Lorna Nickson-Brown (£2,666).
There’s lots more about ‘cash for jollies’. See below…
Mr Parker’s open-handed use of taxpayers’ money saw him spend £470,000 on temporary staff in June (Hays Specialist Recruitment got the lion’s share as usual). This suggests he just can’t get the staff, which is odd given his West Midlands Combined Authority employs 389 people earning more than £50,000 a year.
It seems the subscription to the National Fire Chiefs Council costs £48,831. Luckily Mr Parker and his crew can cool off in this hot weather thanks to the £15,210 they spent on air conditioning maintenance and they can read all about themselves via the Financial Times press cutting service (£6,819).
Mr Parker appears to be proud of how he is squandering taxpayers' money on 'new small grants programme for artists, creatives, and organisations to boost their international profile, create new partnerships abroad, and promote their work on a global scale'. This is his list of grants between £2,500 and £8,000:
• Work with Jamaican creatives and artists to develop the play "Nanny's Home", exploring the complex relationship of the Windrush generation and Jamaica;
• Exploring family structures & dynamics in China through the eyes of disabled artists & other marginalised groups
• Attending Le Guess Who Festival in Utretch, Netherlands, one of the most forward-thinking festivals in the world and is a peer to Supersonic festival.
• Gazebo Theatre | United States of America and Canada - To develop long term collaborative relationships in Seattle, USA, undertaking sharing of ideas, knowledge transfer, exchanges & workshops.
• Philippines - Building a network with the LGBTQ+ community & creative scenes in Manilla, Philippines to engage in performances, knowledge exchanges & workshops.
• A photography project in Bangladesh capturing the everyday existence of the Sundarbans honey harvesters as they experience the devastating effects of climate change.
• Funding a delegation of artists to develop a new partnership with Gulf Photo Plus. This will provide an opportunity to meet with leading international gallerists, curators and artists, which has the potential to expand and propel their practice.
• To fund a number of dancers to participate in Dearborn 2024 Para Dance Sport USA Open. This opportunity will have a transformative effect on their individual capabilities and on Propel Dance’s future.
• To develop an existing relationship with the artistic community in Ghana, leading to a new immersive show and long-term collaboration with Ghanaian artists.
• Support for a residency and professional networking to promote a collaborative project in Toronto, Canada to explore themes of post-coloniality and migration.
• An R&D project to develop partnerships on the island of Stor Pelling, Finland. The result of which will influence a new creative project analysing the complexities of island life.
CREATIVE LEGACY GRANTS:
1. Master Peace Academy CIC | Kenya - Working with local jewellery makers and miners in Kenya to develop relationships and invest in the creative community.
2. Notnow Collective | Bosnia & Herzegovina - Developing a collaboration with artists and creatives, examining the collective experiences of grief and loss in the post-colonial and post-conflict memory.
3. House of Emanuel I and I C.I.C | Ethiopia -Funding a cultural delegation to Ethiopia, focusing on street art, sustainability, and cultural unity to foster cultural education and bridging diverse heritages.
4. TECTUM Theatre CIC | South Africa - Working with early-career South African musicians and actors to develop the musical language and test out new material with actors in the Market Theatre space.
5. Friction Arts Ltd | Indonesia - Delivering a series of workshops and collaboration events in Bandung, Indonesia and undertaking research into socially engaged artists in the region, and to share experience and expertise.
6. We Don’t Settle CIC | Botswana - Developing an artist-in-residence program in Botswana, specifically focussed on supporting artists from underrepresented backgrounds, culminating in the co-creation of an exhibition and online gallery.
7. Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces | India - To develop a partnership with Serendipity Arts Festival with the intention to foster innovative international collaboration.
8. Extraordinary Us CIC | Rwanda & Kosovo - The Weight of War will be an internationally co-created performance exploring themes of inherited grief whilst asking the question ’when does the war actually end?’. The opportunity will strengthen existing relationships and enable a deeper insight into their cultures.
9. Bright Young Minds | Ghana, Malawi, Zambia & Jamaica - Working alongside established authentic cultural dance tutors/choreographers to share their skills, knowledge and dance techniques within a short series of master classes and performances.
If you find this an unbelievable waste of public money and therefore think it can't possibly be true, check it out here: https://www.wmca.org.uk/what-we-do/culture-and-digital/culture-and-creative-industries/projects/cwglef/international-fund/
Thursday, August 07, 2025
Will Reform reform Warwickshire?
It seems Warwickshire County Council is suffering from the same disease as Birmingham in filling its jobs with temporary staff costing a fortune.
In April, the county council spent more than £680,000 on agency staff.
If Reform are to prove their ability to tackle excessive public spending, it will be interesting to see how George Finch, Warwickshire’s 19-year-old leader, plays his part.
I thought I’d have a look at the online spending data published by the council (it says they publish this information every month but I can find nothing later than April and when I emailed, the automated answer warned there might be a delay in answering because of the ‘upcoming bank holiday of 26/5/25).
As Warwickshire is the county of Shakespeare and George Eliot, perhaps that explains why it spent £117,000 on ‘books, newspapers and periodicals’.
It spent £460,000 in April on hardware, software and other IT-related expenses as well as £194,000 on consultants and handed out £111,000 in ‘grants and donations’ though why Henley Ice Cream only got £696 when the Spaghetti Agency got £6,000 is unexplained.
The council’s motor insurance bill with Zurich Insurance was £325,849. Looks like somebody crashed the no-claims bonus.
Meanwhile, as a believer in the benefits of sport, especially after the recent cricket tests between England and India or the Women’s Euros, I shouldn’t be so cynical but I can’t help thinking Birmingham City Council is not a body I would trust to use sport – or anything else for that matter – as a means of countering extremism and terrorism.
In June, the (still bankrupt) council spent £38,000 of Counter Extremism Programme money. Of this, £11,600 went to 9Up which says it is ‘a Community Interest Company in Birmingham, focused on sports and recreation education, fitness facilities, and physical well-being activities’.
Another £8,000 went to Strike9T. They ‘believe in the power of sport to inspire, engage, and uplift young people. Our mission is simple: to provide accessible, high-quality sports programmes that empower children and young people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and feel a true sense of belonging’.
The Counter Extremism Programme coughed up £15,000 for the Bosnia & Herzegovina UK Network which is ‘improving the quality of life for 10,000 Bosnian refugees’. Oddly, British Gas also got £4,047 under the same budget heading.
So far this year, local taxpayers have spent £154,000 fighting extremism.
Admittedly this is small beer like the £5,566 for Women and Theatre (Birmingham Ltd) compared with the £2.2 million on new Dennis Eagle bin lorries (bringing the total so far to about £7.3 million) not to mention the £1.1 million on Extra Personnel for the bin-strike department though obviously that has nothing to do with the strike itself because the council says it doesn’t.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-george-finch-asylum-seeker-contempt-of-court-risk-b2801638.html
In April, the county council spent more than £680,000 on agency staff.
If Reform are to prove their ability to tackle excessive public spending, it will be interesting to see how George Finch, Warwickshire’s 19-year-old leader, plays his part.
I thought I’d have a look at the online spending data published by the council (it says they publish this information every month but I can find nothing later than April and when I emailed, the automated answer warned there might be a delay in answering because of the ‘upcoming bank holiday of 26/5/25).
As Warwickshire is the county of Shakespeare and George Eliot, perhaps that explains why it spent £117,000 on ‘books, newspapers and periodicals’.
It spent £460,000 in April on hardware, software and other IT-related expenses as well as £194,000 on consultants and handed out £111,000 in ‘grants and donations’ though why Henley Ice Cream only got £696 when the Spaghetti Agency got £6,000 is unexplained.
The council’s motor insurance bill with Zurich Insurance was £325,849. Looks like somebody crashed the no-claims bonus.
Meanwhile, as a believer in the benefits of sport, especially after the recent cricket tests between England and India or the Women’s Euros, I shouldn’t be so cynical but I can’t help thinking Birmingham City Council is not a body I would trust to use sport – or anything else for that matter – as a means of countering extremism and terrorism.
In June, the (still bankrupt) council spent £38,000 of Counter Extremism Programme money. Of this, £11,600 went to 9Up which says it is ‘a Community Interest Company in Birmingham, focused on sports and recreation education, fitness facilities, and physical well-being activities’.
Another £8,000 went to Strike9T. They ‘believe in the power of sport to inspire, engage, and uplift young people. Our mission is simple: to provide accessible, high-quality sports programmes that empower children and young people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and feel a true sense of belonging’.
The Counter Extremism Programme coughed up £15,000 for the Bosnia & Herzegovina UK Network which is ‘improving the quality of life for 10,000 Bosnian refugees’. Oddly, British Gas also got £4,047 under the same budget heading.
So far this year, local taxpayers have spent £154,000 fighting extremism.
Admittedly this is small beer like the £5,566 for Women and Theatre (Birmingham Ltd) compared with the £2.2 million on new Dennis Eagle bin lorries (bringing the total so far to about £7.3 million) not to mention the £1.1 million on Extra Personnel for the bin-strike department though obviously that has nothing to do with the strike itself because the council says it doesn’t.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-george-finch-asylum-seeker-contempt-of-court-risk-b2801638.html
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