Our new Labour government: time to prove yourselves

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Thing is, the tories had to be got rid of because of the harm they've done, especially with brexit and the NHS. I just wish this Labour government wasn't proving to be as bad as them. Time will tell if they're actually worse, but it's not looking good. Maybe they'll turn out better in some important ways like a more efficient NHS, employee and union rights and closer ties to the EU, but again, I'm not holding my breath.
 

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Right, this one is totally outrageous! Labour run Barking and Dagenham council can't recover the money for parking tickets incurred by their own staff (why? Not explained), so have instead put it onto the service charges of their residents. On top of that, they'd hidden that they'd done it, requiring a freedom of information request to uncover this sharp practice. So, tell me, how is this not outright fraud, theft? Heads should roll at this council and those people sent to prison.

Caring, sharing, Labour strikes again. :rolleyes:

A Labour council has forced its residents to pay for its own workers’ parking fines, The Telegraph can reveal.

Homeowners have been forced to pay for parking charges and other costs incurred by council workers after the local authority was unable to recover the funds from their own staff members.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham put the unpaid penalties on the service charge bills for residents of an affordable social housing development in the area.

The fines included the costs of council staff using the Dartford Crossing, which is 12 miles away from the borough and the development.

The Labour-run council acts as the freeholder for homes in the Weavers Quarter development in Barking, and contracts itself for caretaking, cleaning and gardening services.


@Mars you'll like this one.
 

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Yes, bad, sad news, and I so feel sorry for the residents of this corrupt Council.
Yes, heads should roll and they should definitely be prosecuted, but I would not hold my breath, not with this corrupt government.
It is an old saying 'the fish rots from the head'.....Indeed!
 
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