Foot Dragging Councils
A regular reader has written to the newspapers about foot dragging councils - i.e. those allocated additional borrowing funds by the Scottish government - but who have yet to explain how they intend to spend this extra money.
Here's an extract of what the reader has to say:
"Dear Sir,
Equal Pay claims in Scottish Councils
Having plenty of time of my hands since being made redundant recently, I decided last weekend to conduct my own research into the “secret world” of equal pay claims in Scotland.
I say “secret” because no-one has been able to tell me what happened to the Scottish Government money that several Scottish councils “borrowed” to help them fund equal pay claims.
This week, I have been writing to Michael McMahon MSP. Mr McMahon informs me that he is also frustrated that these claims are taking so long to settle but he continues by laying the blame for all of this at the SNP Government.
Ironic?! The SNP Government are not to blame for this! They only inherited the problem. The problem goes back to the Unions – who knew about this years ago but kept their members in the dark and the Councils themselves, who also knew about this but continued to sweep it under the carpet.
The only problem with this is that the carpet can only hold so much and eventually things come out the open, and not only does it come out in the open but it tends to make things a whole lot worse!
I appreciate that the Government cannot force these councils to settle these claims, however, when they are borrowing money from the Government, surely they have to account for how they have spent it?
Someone, somewhere has to take responsibility for sorting out this whole fiasco for once and for all!
Yours sincerely
GJ"
Well said.
Here's an extract of what the reader has to say:
"Dear Sir,
Equal Pay claims in Scottish Councils
Having plenty of time of my hands since being made redundant recently, I decided last weekend to conduct my own research into the “secret world” of equal pay claims in Scotland.
I say “secret” because no-one has been able to tell me what happened to the Scottish Government money that several Scottish councils “borrowed” to help them fund equal pay claims.
This week, I have been writing to Michael McMahon MSP. Mr McMahon informs me that he is also frustrated that these claims are taking so long to settle but he continues by laying the blame for all of this at the SNP Government.
Ironic?! The SNP Government are not to blame for this! They only inherited the problem. The problem goes back to the Unions – who knew about this years ago but kept their members in the dark and the Councils themselves, who also knew about this but continued to sweep it under the carpet.
The only problem with this is that the carpet can only hold so much and eventually things come out the open, and not only does it come out in the open but it tends to make things a whole lot worse!
I appreciate that the Government cannot force these councils to settle these claims, however, when they are borrowing money from the Government, surely they have to account for how they have spent it?
Someone, somewhere has to take responsibility for sorting out this whole fiasco for once and for all!
Yours sincerely
GJ"
Well said.
