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In reply to a question from Jenny Randerson (LibDem, Cardiff Central) today, Rhodri Morgan denied that minister Dr Brian Gibbons had done more than request that councils keep their tax increases below 5%.
The Welsh Local Government Association had warned of massive cuts to services as a result of a below-inflation local government settlement for 2008/9.
Jenny Randerson also suggested at First Minister's Questions that by allowing the police precept to rise by about 1%, the 101 general enquiry number, which had proved so successful in pilot programmes, could be rescued. Mr Morgan ignored this point.
2 comments:
Most people's complaint regarding the police is that when you phone them the phone just rings and rings. Try and report a crime using the station number you'll be lucky to get an answering machine, perhaps this is a way of reducing the amount of recorded crime, by making it more difficult to report. If the 101 service became a reality, which I very much doubt, recorded crime would go up, but so would confidence in the police because the public will actually get to report a crime!!!!
Anonymous, it's ok to be cynical but in order to be constructive you must also propose a solution! We can all highlight problems but its the solutions that count. This country's problems are serious and growing.
Its no longer acceptable to shout from the sidelines. We need to be more proactive if things are to change.
Instead of making cynical comments, try making constructive criticism with recommendations for improvement and then, perhaps then, people will take the comment more seriously!
With respect,
Richie Northcote
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