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Nottingham City Council on the brink of BANKRUPTCY as town fails to balance books
‘Even in the bright lights of the season, a shadow hangs over the city. A council on the brink of bankruptcy.’
Will Hollis reports from Nottingham, where the City Council is set to submit a bankruptcy notice this week.
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@partidaportet27
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
There is little point paying taxes to mad men.
Everyone, and I do mean everyone, should stop paying the illegal council tax.
It is clear, that those in charge of administration of the funds issued from our taxation pool, are utterly incompetent, worse, nefarious, fraudulent and maleficent.
To continue to pay taxes to lunatics, is to continue to waste resources and time.
There is no point paying anything to Birmingham council, nor indeed any of the others, whom all appear to be acting in lockstep to bankrupt us all.
You can not fix the problem, without first removing everyone involved and on all sides..don't declare this is a labour issue. The whole country is bankrupt thanks to a stream of treason.
Stop contributing to your own downfall..get out from under these clowns and do a Biggleswick.
There is a better future, but it cAn only be realised by understanding the frequency that enables the circus to strip us of everything
@thomasanders1314
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Exactly. When I made a grave mistake, I had to pack up my stuff and go home.:)
@_Praratchaporn
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
We’re doomed 🇬🇧
@saragonmcenany6229
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
So nothing to do with huge reductions in their budget and rising demand? What about Thurrock, Slough, Woking, Northumberland, Croydon and those on the verge of
@whiterabbit1632
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
More Labour failure! Keep them away from running the country because they can't even run a small city!
@jackiekuforiji3714
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Why is it Labour Councils are broke? but yet they are the ones with the highest council taxes? Labour what are you doing with our hardwork money??
@matthowardtv
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
it's sad, but a fact, but with all the "expertise" in the UK, how has this happened, and by whom?
@stevenm9067
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Councillors should resign their seats and seek reelection. These people had oversight on the spending.
@matthewhaddon599
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Councils spend money on stupid things…Dudley council have bought up some derilect property, but it's unnecessary and costs money which they don't have. Dudley are now £20m in debt. They also must waste a lot of money on housing repairs…they have several vans in one area quite often…not sure why. You can complain, but no-one takes any notice. A lot of councils also remove carpets when renters move out, completely unnecessary in a lot of cases.
@dean8282
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Rishi Sunak altered funding formulae so money goes to wealthy rural areas. On video saying it.
@DaveJudd
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Labour not good with money!!! That's nearly as shocking has the pot holes in Nottingham, spent millions on making the city a pedestrian zone only and not maintaining the drains or roads. And the irony is that no one goes in to town these days its empty.
@dennispeskey4898
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Nottingham council lost 38milion when robin hood energy went bust,run by the council,then used 14mil from housing stock, but nobody new how,to spend on other things 😱 they have just paid some out side cpn 970thousend to do the books but nobody can look at them, would not trust them to run a bath 🙈🙉🙊🥩🥩🏴😎🍻
@The1brennana
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Time and time again, this Council wasted millions on expensive consultants instead of getting their senior management to do the jobs they were being paid for. Half of these officers stand to receive huge payouts when the inevitable redundancies come around.
@clive4500
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
This should be the default. Councils are basically communists pushing the green agenda lie. We also need to reduce the temperature in their offices to punish them.. also 70% of the managers need to be cut when this measure is brought in… Elon Musk had to cut 80% of Twitter as it then faster…. 90% of all council workers are surplus to requirements…….. I am laughing my head off what is happening in Argentina with those horrible civil servants
@sh.4409
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
What are the demographics? How many foreigners are being funded there legal and illegal?
@T..J..
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
First line of any labours defence, blame someone else.
@seamuspadraigsanders431
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
And the Labour Party are about to run the country.
😮
@dat7205tad
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Blame the government for lame Labour thieves! It's not the government it's miss managed councils by Labour all over the country useless is an understatement!!!
@garytomas5411
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Another one who’s cooked the books blaming everyone but themselves
@davidedbrooke9324
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Audit needed, stinks of corruption.
@chrisjones3612
December 27, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Let me take a wild guess here?… Labour?