The Coalition Government has plans for jobs and growth in Sandwell

Following on from the spending review Sandwell blogger said

"Its good news for Sandwell" at long last the lets tax em till it hurts days are over
the coalition is setting the path for industry, commerce and small business.

Local councils will have to work with Industry rather than tell them what to do
and the new LEP’s will be driving force for new jobs

Perhaps we could see a return to the “Golden Mile”

Keep an eye open for elected Police commissioners

Sharing a Chief Executive

Sandwell Conservatives believe that talks should start with regards to sharing agreements with other local boroughs.

Sandwell blogger said

We have an excellent opportunity at the moment to share the post of the

Chief executive, which is currently an interim post.

This could be followed by an appraisal of the councils Publicity department,

scrapping the "Sandwell herald" and a range of other functions saving the council £M’s , which could then be directed to front line services and front line council jobs.

Other boroughs are already well advanced in this process to share management costs

and then use bulk cross borough purchase powers to drive down costs even more.

Sadly we hear some authorities have banned paper clips.

     

In a letter to All Chief executives on the 20^th Oct 2010

The Rt Hon Eric Pickles said

Local innovation

But at the same time, the onus is very much on councils themselves to make the most of this unprecedented freedom and flexibility to focus all efforts and resources on protecting hard working families, vulnerable people, and front line services. That must mean;

·         Fundamentally re-examining every aspect of the way that councils work;

·         Eliminating all traces of waste by becoming more transparent and improving
  procurement practice

·         maximising efficiency and productivity, drawing on the lessons of the LGA-led
  productivity programme;

·         sharing departments, officers and back office services between different local
  authorities; and

·         bringing excessive senior pay under control.

Lets wait and see what SMBC do ?

Harriet Harman apologises

Some of the Labour team are getting personal again, it seems if they cant win the argument out comes the verbal

Mrs. Harman has admitted her use of  'ginger rodent', to describe Liberal Democrat

Danny  Alexander in a speech was wrong  

George Lyon, Scottish Liberal Democrat election chair, said: 'There is no depths to which the Labour Party will not stoop.'They aren't fit to be in opposition, let alone in government.'

On this, you can make your own mind up

Read the article yourself

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325107/Harriet-Harman-brands-Treasury-chief-Danny-Alexander-ginger-rodent-extraordinary-outburst.html#ixzz13sa8EJRa

The UK has Stable Finance

S&P revised the outlook on the UK’s AAA credit rating from ‘negative’ to ‘stable’.

A report published on 26 October praised the Coalition’s actions, it said:

‘In our opinion, the decisions reached by the United Kingdom coalition government in its 2010 Spending Review reduce risks to the government's implementation of its June 2010 fiscal consolidation program. Moreover, the coalition parties have shown a high degree of cohesion in putting the U.K.'s public finances onto what we view to be a more sustainable footing. We have accordingly revised the outlook on the United Kingdom to stable from negative. We have also affirmed the 'AAA/A-1+' sovereign credit ratings on the United Kingdom’

(Standard and Poors, Press Release, 26 October 2010).

Lets remember

The IMF, the OECD, the CBI, the World Bank, the Governor of the Bank of England,

Tony Blair, credit rating agencies and lots of others have endorsed the Coalition’s deficit reduction plan.

What a difference a year makes and of course a new Government

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6157759/Britains-economy-less-stable-than-Peru.html

Sustained Recovery

The merchants of doom foretelling the horse riders of the apocalypse are wrong again
The country continues to recover when the economy grew at 0.8%
with all sectors showing growth

Still no comments from the Labour camp saying were they would have made cuts.

Sandwell Pensioners to get a pension rise

The Coalition has announced that pensioners will get more money each week

and continue to have their heating allowance

That came after the announcement that every ones income tax allowance is going up

allowing you to keep more of what you earn

lets not forget the Council Tax freeze 

Rental rates reform (Council Rents)

Part of this reform will be a new scheme that allows social landlords to charge new tenants a weekly rent at between social and market rates for as long as individual circumstances require it. Existing tenants will not be affected by these planned reforms

You have to ask "Why are Labour saying it will force all rents up £20?"



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/19/council-homes-at-risk-from-rent-rise-115875-22644313/

The Public

The Public's  finances are under public scrutiny again, this time over press reports of  the building has £0.5 m contingency funding on top of £1 M previously ear marked.

Yet where are the new Baths, Dance hall and Cinema?

Another promise is on its way, which may make you see green!  

We continue to look
No sarcasm please