Laura Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Shadow chancellor George Osborne said a Conservative government would have much to learn from the way Tory councils are run. David Cameron's ministerial team should harness the "unique opportunity" of most councils in England now being controlled by the Tories, he said. In a speech to the Conservative Councillors' Seminar in central London, Mr Osborne said: "While we develop our policies for improving public services in an age of austerity, local councils have got on with doing it. (Oh really?) "When it comes to rooting out waste and cutting costs, or improving services through innovative new policies, Conservative councils are showing us that it can be done. "In short, Conservative Whitehall will have much to learn from Conservative town halls." Tory councils were already using new approaches to information and transparency, and reducing unnecessary costs through shared services, he said. Mr Osborne told councillors the Tories would "reinvent" the role of government. "So yes we will reduce the costs of central government," he said. "And yes we will reduce the Whitehall headcount. But this is not just a cost-cutting exercise. It is about changing the role of central government - and making local government powerful again." Labour's instinct was to reach for the "top-down target" - and it had created a "large national bureaucracy of civil servants, inspectors and second-guessers". http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090910/tuk-t...ls-6323e80.html Further news:- I've just bought a bottle of J&B reserve for under 11 Euros Quote Link to post Share on other sites
council dweller Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Our Tory council are as corrupt as hell (according to council staff), just people trying to feather their own nests. Yep, seems like a good role model for central government....if one were needed. Does Osborne lack confidence or something? Edited September 10, 2009 by council dweller Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cygnus Alpha Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 We have a very corrupt Tory council who really should know better. Land deals. Conflicts of interest. Stealing off motorists. They do the lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Volio Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 . Stealing off motorists. They do the lot. As opposed to applying a stupidity tax to those unable to read road signs, or too arrogant to consider that they apply to them ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Atomic Bull Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) my Conservative council is superb.... .... if Carlsberg did councils Edited September 10, 2009 by The Atomic Bull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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