Many of you have been asking for sight of the piece in Private Eye Magazine from last November in which Sandwell Council appeared in the brilliant "Rotten Boroughs" section. Well here it is - small but perfectly formed:
"They don't waste words on unnecessary debate at Sandwell Council, a Labour fiefdom in the West Midlands. According to its website, recent cabinet meetings have lasted seven minutes (June), 53 minutes (July), 18 minutes (August) seven minutes (September) and 17 minutes (October), while full council meetings have lasted 55 minutes (May), 40 minutes (July) and 41 minutes (October). So the cabinet, supposedly the council's main decision-making body, over five meetings sat for a total of one hour 42 minutes - just over 20 minutes on average.
PS: Sandwell's hard-working councillors received a total of £1,219,867.28 in allowances last year."
Private Eye Magazine No 1354 29/11/13 (Please buy the next issue!)
And more - the Sandwell Council budget documents disclosed for 2014/2015 show an increased estimate for allowances to £1,395,000. Cuts, what cuts....?
e - thesandwellskidder@gmail.com t - @bcrover
Confidential phone line 7am to 8pm - 7 days - 07599 983737
Vernon Grant, Box 374, 27 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2EW
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.