Comments on: The jaws of doom get even wider https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/ Politics, LEPs and economic development in the West Midlands Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Chamberlain Files https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3773 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:07:15 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3773 [...] The jaws of doom get even wider [...]

]]> By: Jon Huint https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3771 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:43:53 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3771 Think you’re struggling with your tenses Paul. You mean “will have had to make budget cuts” not “will have” as the Jaws of Doom dates back to 2010. Remember that Jaws IV was one of the biggest turkeys in movie history. Point of fact: the Early Intervention Grant is not needed to fund nursery education – the argument was that it has been withdrawn to pay for the extension of nursery education. In fact it emerged that most of the grant was going towards school-based projects, which might well be funded from the increasingly generous pupil premium. So that proved to be a slight red herring. That’s a fish, a shark and a turkey for you.

]]> By: Gerry https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3769 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:05:38 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3769 Over 200 million of the savings / cuts have already been achieved by the previous administration.

Councillor Clancy may be right in his assertion that a Labour Government may be returned in 2015 but there is no guarantee that a Labour administration will suddenly provide vast resources to Birmingham City Council.

There is no certainty that Sir Albert will be the leader of the council post May 2013 but if he is replaced, how will his replacement fund the services that are under threat?

As for the Jaws of doom / Graph of doom, I guess demand for services will continue to increase as the population ages and requires more social care amongst other increasing pressures on services from other age groups and funding will not match this in the medium term.

]]> By: LiKW https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3768 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:00:21 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3768 Albert’s language is both reckless and counter-productive in terms of talking about choices of decommissioning services from 2014 because that undermines the thinking that is occurring within the city council and outside as to how to mitigate and reshape services so that BCC meets its statutory requirements and still have a wider role. However Albert and his colleagues need to let others in so that a discussion can occur based on transparent information and financial figures.

This is an incredibly difficult position but to narrow the discussion to merely commission or decommission will exclude help from those who could help the city. The budget “consultation” for 2013/14 was primarily a justification exercise with some marginal tinkering occurring. That won’t be good enough for what’s ahead.

]]> By: Dominic Fisher https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3767 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:47:28 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3767 Cllr Clancy urged Sir Albert to take into account the likelihood of a Labour government in 2015 which would ease the immediate financial pressure on councils < Stick to darts. What a muppet.

]]> By: cummins23 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-jaws-of-doom-get-even-wider/#comment-3770 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:38:58 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=6373#comment-3770 @ChamberlainFile just when we thought it could not get any worse…now we will surely see the end of local gov as we know it…

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