'More forced redundancies at Derby city council'

“@CoachOgre, here is a reminder of what Paul Bayliss promised after winning control of the Council in May 2012: (Derby Telegraph, May 21st 2012: http://tinyurl.com/bys5etr )

"We had been working towards our victory for a number of years and it was fantastic to achieve it.

But winning the election is just the start and we have put a lot of planning into what we would do after we had won and we are just about to implement those plans.

In local politics we have this odd gap of nearly three weeks between winning the election and actually taking power, which is nearly at an end.

We in the Labour Party in Derby believe that through strong leadership we will, over the next few years, raise the profile of our city, protect its citizens and be compassionate and understanding to the needs of the many, not the few.

Growth and jobs are central to what I want to do and, in respect to the local economy, the programme of inward investment will be encouraged and supported".”

“CoachOgre, as I pointed out in the run-up to the local elections (to be met with a hail of red arrows), their manifesto contained virtually no commitments and almost nothing that they could be measured against - it was full of hot air and weasel words - not that most voters actually pay much attention to manifestos anyway, they simply vote along party lines or else vote against candidates/parties - the city has unfortunately got what it deserved.....”

“Has anyone got a copy of Labours manifesto so we can see all the broken promises and double speak that was made? Councillor Bayliss and his cohorts promised no cuts, no loss of services and more now we see what blatant lies these were. Can we believe them when they say no workplace levy or congestion charge? I say no, they will introduce this to pay for other services just like the non existent bin tax. Councillor Bayliss is so glad 2013 is a fallow year for elections otherwise he would be out in May. After his reneging on the incinerator and misleading statements to the public perhaps Vote of no confidence/petition is required?”

“Oh so disappointing to see the comments about cutting senior posts, that is not the answer and never was. We need decision makers and some blue sky thinking.”

“How about making half the councillors redundant, that alone will save some jobs, you know the ones, the workers that matter. After that start at the top and work downwards. Get rid of the CEO and managers the ones on £100,000 + it is no good getting rid of those on lowest payscale because they do 90% of the work.”

“It's time to take direct action against these cuts, instead of just meek acceptance.”

“DCC could save a lot of the jobs, by downgrading some of the so called Managers who only have two people working under them. But get a very good salary.

Another thing they could look into is the very high levels of absence and poor timekeeping .

I had an insight for about 12 years and was shocked what I saw. It was never acceptable in the private sector.”

“@Rob09, I was making a comparison between old politics and the current situation, sorry you are unable to see the similarities but these policies are precisely the type of policies you have supported in the past.
It is interesting to see that you no longer believe in government funded job creation schemes, I will remember this the next time I read a comment by you suggesting that the government should be creating new public service jobs.”

“Stick to the subject Derbyborn. It's not 1930. Anyone would think you were trying to deflect attention from the real reason that the City Council are having to make people redundant.”

“Who proposed this policy to get Britain out of recession?

"It made three main assertions - that the machinery of government should be drastically overhauled, that unemployment could be radically reduced by a public-works programme on the lines advocated by Keynes and the Liberal Party, and that long-term economic reconstruction required a mobilisation of national resources on a larger scale than has yet been contemplated. The existing administrative structure was hopelessly inadequate. What was needed was a new department, under the direct control of the prime minister, consisting of an executive committee of ministers and a secretariat of civil servants, assisted by a permanent staff of economists and an advisory council of outside experts."

http://tinyurl.com/hjwoj”