Hull council to axe 600 jobs - and will not rule out compulsory redundancies

“Sold the gold, snuggled upto the bankers and worshipped what they were doing. When the writing was on the wall they shamelessly spent like drunken sailors to make their last two years in office look better than it was. For the coalition they left a sick note saying "sorry all the money has gone". So after all that you still want Labour looking after our economy? Now they blame the banking on 'the worldwide recession' they won't talk about their last spending spree or the gold sale.
Closer to home will they get rid of all of the high paid managers and bureaucrats? No they will make 'cuts' to score political points rather than do what is right for Hull. In the private sector we have to make improvements of way more than this every year just to stay competitive. Meanwhile they splurge £5.5million on a stand for a sport that according to sport Engkand is in terminal decline. Guess what your councillors priorities are for you?”

“270 @ greather then £50,000 pa to go first.
That's at least £13.5 million pa saved straight away

Would anyone miss 'em?

Leave the FRONT LINE alone the taxpayer values that”

“couldn't agree more guildhalldog. People actually believe theres no money, there was enough for Osbore to pledge 10 billion to the eurozone. Enough for a billion for millionaires. We had a low level of debt to GDP. With the exception of Japan we have the slowest rate of growth because the Tories and Lib Dems have completely mucked it up.”

“Guildhalldog,

You are dreaming! The government had little option but to bail out the banks. Just think what would had happened if the banking system had collapsed. No money, chaos on the streets, public services collapse, society as we know it collapse ..... the UK would not have been in a good position. The UK needs to cut back on all non-core expenditure but invest in capital schemes like HS2 to get the economy moving again.

My fear is we are witnessing is the terminal decline of the UK economy. If that happens then God help us!

Kind regards,”

“Tell me they are not getting rid of the Walking Co-ordinator.

Who is going to teach the people of Hull to walk?”

“We get a lot of talk all the time about Labour spending all the money well wake up that's not true as if it was then the government would not be spending more on tax cuts for millionaires and not taking that money and spending it on building new roads encouraging employer's to take on more staff in real jobs that pay a real wage. If the last Labour government had not bailed out the banks what would have happened to any savings you had in the bank? it would have gone thanks to the risks taken by bankers with our money.

Remember the que of people outside Northern rock trying to take their money out now what has happened to the said bank well that would have been the same with every other bank had the government not done what it had to do. I'm expecting all the people that think the banks should have been left alone to do just that but when your in some extreme party you would expect that. fact is that they did what they did to keep the country going I look forward to the comments coming trying to tell me I'm wrong.

This country does not need cuts at this time it needs to give councils more money with the instruction that they should be investing it in jobs to build the local economy. This would increase the council tax people pay give people a sense of worth as they are working and making a better life for themselves. It would have a much better effect then cutting the money each council is having to take now they did it after the war and it worked don't see why it would not work today.

The council are starting to make things happen and are working hard to bring new jobs but when your being beaten by the government with one stick and then being told you need less money with another stick its not an easy balancing act. It maybe that they are having to cut 600 jobs but do the Tories like public sector NO. If you are losing 8p in every £1 you take home can you still live as you do or do you make cut backs?”

“fredflinty,

Cut backs are necessary because there is no money left in the kitty to pay the wages/salary. Labour spent all the money and there is nothing left in the biscuit barrel. The money has been spent, there is no more, the country is in debt up to its eyeballs! When will you face reality of the situation?

Kind regards,”

“@ VicMay, as you're so keen for answers,direct a few to Blair/Brown and Labour at national level,asking where all those billions went that would otherwise be paying public sector workers wages.

Consider composing a few about the millions in consultancy fees while the lowest council grade jobs are being slashed.Think origin and source of problem,not simply how its been tackled.”

“"How long do manifesto pledges remain valid?"

until the government takes another £30m out of an already depleted budget? This isn't the councils doing, It's central government. Same story in Newcastle, 1,200 job losses out of a smaller workforce. Sheffield 600, Doncaster, Manchester. They are all getting hammered. Meanwhile the Local Lib Dems pretend their MPs didnt vote for this and feign outrage. Charlatans!!”

“What a great council we have ,more jobs going because they have to find some money,yet managed to Give Rovers £5.5 million for a stand last week 7200 attended craven park only 5500 paying fans the game before .can anyone from the council say why they felt the need for this”