Bankrupt councils

[Currywurst and Chips]

Blimey, things must be tough if Scottish teenagers struggle to cross the road

[Max B Gold]

I blame the teachers and the sad demise of the Tufty Club.

[Dunners]

When I was between 7 and 9 years old we lived in semi-rural Essex. I remember at the time that school buses were a normal feature. They kept us safe from being abused on the streets, so that we could be abused by the older kids on the bus instead. It was character building stuff. Bring 'em back, I say.

[Long slender neck]

They could have given the parents of these kids ten grand each to drive their own kids to school and it would've been cheaper. How have they managed this?

[Currywurst and Chips]

Greedy cabbies

[Hoover Attack]

Blimey, things must be tough if Scottish teenagers struggle to cross the road

Probably off their tits on smack, give them the benefit of the doubt.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Blimey, things must be tough if Scottish teenagers struggle to cross the road

Probably off their tits on smack, give them the benefit of the doubt.

Exactly, can’t expect them to walk a mile to school when they had a Pizza Crunch supper for dinner either

[Dunners]

Leave the scotch school kids alone. I'd like to see any of you lot try and walk a mile to school after a bowel of cornflakes in buckfast for breakfast.

[Max B Gold]

So many racists on one MB.

[Hoover Attack]

We're only pulling your gouty leg, maxy x

[Max B Gold]

Ageists too, it appears.

All the isms.

[Max B Gold]

When I was between 7 and 9 years old we lived in semi-rural Essex. I remember at the time that school buses were a normal feature. They kept us safe from being abused on the streets, so that we could be abused by the older kids on the bus instead. It was character building stuff. Bring 'em back, I say.

Mate, that was 45 years ago. Things have changed considerably since then.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Private businesses are opening new schools for SEND kids at a rate of one every five days.

They then charge councils fees of up to £350,000 per kid to attend these. Spending on these private schools has risen 300% in eight years.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/e19b26 ... c278e4ae25

[Adz]

Private businesses are opening new schools for SEND kids at a rate of one every five days.

They then charge councils fees of up to £350,000 per kid to attend these. Spending on these private schools has risen 300% in eight years.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/e19b26 ... c278e4ae25

With all kids being classed as having special needs these days they'll be able to close down all the state schools as no one can go to them anymore.

[Whisky Uniform Mike]

Council paid £500,000 to house child in an unregistered house for four months

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic ... -5klhhgmx6

[Real Al]

My local council has zero debt. Presumably because they spend sod all on getting IT systems to work.

Enter postcode: AB01 2CD
Enter in correct format: AB012CD
Enter in correct format: ab01 2 cd
:
:
continue ad infinitum

I finally got it to accept AB01 2cD

[Omygawd]

Clearly their Gavin Filter is working.

[Long slender neck]

Birmingham not bankrupt after all? Just got their sums wrong by £1Bn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74j0jelrvko

[Long slender neck]

SEND debt will be paid by central govt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd95572xpeo

[Long slender neck]

SEND still bankrupting councils, how has this and other statutory requirements been allowed to go on for so long?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... ecast-2028

[Rich Tea Wellin]

SEND still bankrupting councils, how has this and other statutory requirements been allowed to go on for so long?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... ecast-2028

Who’s making loads of money providing this support?

[Long slender neck]

Good question, I'm not really sure

- private health providers doing 'assessments'
- transport providers (to/from school services)
- private education providers?

My point more is that councils shouldnt have to carry the can for these and other statutory costs as it eats up a lot of their budget at the cost of everything else because its a legal requirement.

[Dunners]

We predicted this back on page 6 of this thread. It was baked in, and will only get worse.

[Qin]

We predicted this back on page 6 of this thread. It was baked in, and will only get worse.

Have you ever posted anything about Leyton Orient?

Are you even an Orient fan?

Asking for a friend!

[Wally Banter]

Who's the friend, Qin"yyy?