WHO believes all the scare stories that say council cuts cannot be achieved without seriously affecting frontline services?
One council, North Lincolnshire, is shedding five senior managerial jobs to save £400,000 per year.
The most senior post to go is deputy chief executive.
The council leader says this action would protect frontline services, so why do councils need a deputy chief executive in the first place?
Now what was the name of the forgotten Scottish man who helped to cause the crisis in the first place?
Michael Forrester, Hallfield Lane, Wetherby.
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