£260m 'wasted' in axing school building plans

[Mancie]

In this Governments mad frenzy to make what they call "savings" they have spent more money in the last 3 months than any other incoming Government in UK history...but ontop of the 55 billion in education cuts they have axed a building and repairs plan for schools in England, and in the proccess wasted millions..seems like educating our young ones is now classed as a "benefit" this country cannot afford!
BBC News - £260m 'wasted' in axing school building plans

[cashman]

A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "The fact that 67 councils have spent more than £160m simply preparing for entry into Building Schools for the Future, without a single brick being laid in any of these authorities, shows exactly why we had to bring an end to this scandalous waste of public money."

Whilst i am against these cuts, no-one wi any sense can say the above is justified! it just gives em ammunition.

[Mancie]

Originally Posted by cashman

A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "The fact that 67 councils have spent more than £160m simply preparing for entry into Building Schools for the Future, without a single brick being laid in any of these authorities, shows exactly why we had to bring an end to this scandalous waste of public money."

Whilst i am against these cuts, no-one wi any sense can say the above is justified! it just gives em ammunition.

The councils may well have overspent on the preparing for the building plan but then again nothing is free.. by axing a building plan that is badly needeed we have wasted tens of millions that was already spent... money we are told daily that we don't have.. to me that is bad business.
This mob are spending more money on finding ways to make cuts but doing nothing for the future .. nothing!

[jaysay]

Th last Government were very good a preparing schemes without the faintest idea how they were going to pay for it, signing a piece of paper is the easy part, finding the money is just a tad harder, but hey when the country is £1 trillion in debt what difference does a few more billion make

[accysimon]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Th last Government were very good a preparing schemes without the faintest idea how they were going to pay for it, signing a piece of paper is the easy part, finding the money is just a tad harder, but hey when the country is £1 trillion in debt what difference does a few more billion make

And where exactly has anyone given any exact figures as to what the debt is ? The numbers change daily depending on which plan is to be axed. I must admit, I wonder if this ConDem coalition are actually going to spend anything, or are they hoping the private sector do it, as per their ideology.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by accysimon

And where exactly has anyone given any exact figures as to what the debt is ? The numbers change daily depending on which plan is to be axed. I must admit, I wonder if this ConDem coalition are actually going to spend anything, or are they hoping the private sector do it, as per their ideology.

Their ideology and what about Labours private finance initiative in the health service, which is at the moment overspent by £65 billion and still rising. As for firm figures on the debt, nobody really knows yet, because every time another file is opened another couple of unaccounted for debts fall into the pot.

[cashman]

so 100 days in power n still opening files? good job they aint on piece work.

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Their ideology and what about Labours private finance initiative in the health service, which is at the moment overspent by £65 billion and still rising. As for firm figures on the debt, nobody really knows yet, because every time another file is opened another couple of unaccounted for debts fall into the pot.

Ho Hum, yet again your blinkered view is full of bullock missing bits, this Government is doing NOTHING, they are hoping it will all just go away, why else are they flattering us with such thoughts as:-

'Any law you think silly tell us about it',

if they had firm plans they would tell us and DEMAND we adhere to them.

Coalition means Mincing around, be honest, a Government needs to GOVERN, this set of tarts are leading us nowhere!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

Ho Hum, yet again your blinkered view is full of bullock missing bits, this Government is doing NOTHING, they are hoping it will all just go away, why else are they flattering us with such thoughts as:-

'Any law you think silly tell us about it',

if they had firm plans they would tell us and DEMAND we adhere to them.

Coalition means Mincing around, be honest, a Government needs to GOVERN, this set of tarts are leading us nowhere!

At least were not still hurtling to hell on a hand cart, like we have been for the last 13 years

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

At least were not still hurtling to hell on a hand cart, like we have been for the last 13 years

thats the first true thing ya said, cos now we got there.

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

At least were not still hurtling to hell on a hand cart, like we have been for the last 13 years

Have you not noticed?

The only positive(ish) move made so far is to attack benifit scroungers? Lets get tough, OR is it lets have someone to blame?

Yes, there are scroungers, yes, they need to be stamped on, but not at the expense of the innocent needy, they are being tarred with the same brush because everyone is lumped together.

Hey let's pick on Jaysay he can't even carry his own Oxygen bottle, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE?

Belsen?

[Mancie]

Originally Posted by accysimon

And where exactly has anyone given any exact figures as to what the debt is ? The numbers change daily depending on which plan is to be axed. I must admit, I wonder if this ConDem coalition are actually going to spend anything, or are they hoping the private sector do it, as per their ideology.

The debt is whatever this government think up from week to week..but you can bet your life the national debt will be manipulated for when it suits this mob come October.

[Ken Moss]

Any government that can announce vast swathes of job cuts at the same time as saying the unemployment figures are falling faster than at any time over the past 13 years smells distinctly fishy to me.

When the price of a pint has rocketed past £3, the shopping bill has gone up £20 a week and driving to work costs us more than a quarter of our wage each month, let's see how rose-tinted the glasses are for the working classes of Great Britain this Christmas.

Fiddling the figures and punishing the lower classes to the point where anything enjoyable has been priced out of their market is no way to repair the damage done by the banks.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Mancie

The debt is whatever this government think up from week to week..but you can bet your life the national debt will be manipulated for when it suits this mob come October.

Mancie the socialist Ostrich always has his head in the sand. There's no need to manipulate anything the facts are out there or those who want to see just what shambles this country's finances have become over the last 13 years, and as usual Labour leave their mess for other to clean up, get real and smell the coffee clown

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

get real and smell the coffee clown

Coffee?

You Tories can afford Coffee?

I've forgotten what it smells like, do tell me.