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why not start getting rid of the highest paid lackies,marvelous how the council can find 145 grand a year on a new chief exec,can manage to run the mayors car with its worth a bob or two numberplate.also lets mention the consultants,and the liason officers and the too many chiefs not enough indians statement is as true now as its ever been.anon

I bet all the councillors are shaking in their boots, wondering how many of them will no longer be required.

Remember this councillors people of Barnsley voted you in all these jobs wot are going its wrong

i feel so sorry for the 300 people who are now going to find theselves on jobseekers benefit. or as many working people call it,the lowlife,scrounging,lazy,druggie,gutter rats benefit that these ignorant people will now class you all as.this just proves the point ive been making for months.no ones job is safe,so instead of calling people have some compassion, these poor people have not chosen to be in this position but will find themselves classed as the scum of the earth by some very narrow minded workers.befrore opening your mouths to slate people on benefits just think on you could be next

Start by getting rid of some of the "waste of space" chiefs and leave the "workers" alone! There are far too many high paid not neccessary people in the council. When they cut jobs its always the lower paid neccessary ones to go!!!

I don't understand why they have weekly street cleaners around Doncaster Road, do the council really think that anybody round there cares how much rubbish there is? Scrap stupid services like that. And yes, I have lived there so I know that the majority of people round there don't care about anything other then drugs and alcohol.

Will be interesting to see how much the council end up paying out in redundancy payments to 'save' whatever proportion of the £16m accounts for the 300 positions!

are people forgeting that yes we might be a labour run area, but they still have to take their orders from the conservatives. its the government who have ordered that more cuts have to be made

stop local councellors expenses and perks see how many put up for re election maybe zero also stop traffic wardens put more signs up and let police take over their duties at least they are polite

stop local councellors expenses and perks see how many put up for re election maybe zero also stop traffic wardens put more signs up and let police take over their duties at least they are polite

Jes seems to be of the opinion that these poor people who are losing their jobs, have families to feed and have given years of service to the public are not entitled to redundancy payments. I find that really narrow minded. If it were a large private company throwing out 300 workers onto the scrap heap, everyone would be up in arms about it and hoping they get a fair redundancy settlement! Most Council workers get paid less than their equivalents in private companies. That was acceptable by them, as they thought they were getting job security with it. Why are the public so against council workers who are actually also (in the majority) Barnsley Citizens?
Les seems to think that the Council can just decide, all on it's own, to let the police deal with car parking issues. It was a Central Government decision to decriminalise car parking, so Local Councils have no choice but to carry out those duties, just like it was Central Government who decided that our Local Council should deal with stray dogs out of hours, when there are only 2 dog wardens to cover the whole Borough!
'Confused' thinks the Council should not bother to clean up after people because apparently no one in those areas cares what it looks or smells like! I am sure they would care when the vermin start infiltrating nearby houses and gardens, and then when not taken care of run rampage into houses and gardens further afield. Yes, lets have a vermin epidemic on top of everything else!! I think you definitely are 'confused' aren't you?
As for not cutting the higher paid jobs, does anyone who's commented on here actually know how many higher paid jobs there are in proportion to the lower paid ones? And of those, what percentage went in the last round of cuts? Probably not. If anyone who can comment on these things and actually state some facts, then I'd love to read them. Otherwise it's just a load of old twaddle, with people bemoaning things that they don't know enough about.

Getting back to the actual question as to what should be cut and what I would miss the most, Highways, traffic control and environmental services are the ones which would affect us the most. Local Authorities first came about in a response to a public health need. Everything else came on board afterwards. Basic health and hygiene services, and services which protect the vulnerable should be protected. Then it should be business support and economic growth. For me, the cultural services are a nice to have. I love culture, but if I had to see something go, it would be that. Those with the money can pay to get their cultural needs satisfied. Those who can't probably have more pressing needs to satisfy first.

I bet Mrs Houghton's job is safe in the council!

all this then the goverment say when you go to sign on get a job welcome to the real world .

Check out how much the Highways have wasted in the guise of Coun. Miller - would be interested to see how much it has cost we taxpayers to finally settle the Burton Road dispute(and how much WE have had to pay Wickes for the total incompetence of our Highways/Planning by trying to build on THEIR land!!) However, I'm sure the new Bus Lanes will prove an absolute Godsend to the residents of Burton Road - and the travelling public of Barnsley.

after giving over 20 plus years service to barnsley council the last 3 years i have been threatened with redundancy and can with all honesty state that it is always the most vulnerable and the backbone workers that are threatened every year the men and women actualy digging the holes cutting the grass emptying the bins and cleaning the streets have been reduced and reduced while the ones desciding the cut backs and the so thought creme de la creme have always looked after themselves and there close working operatives,;they have got round things by creating false positions sideways moves etc to give false statistics. it wants somebody independent in to create a proper working pyramid structure 1 man to empty a litter bin and 20 behind the scenes telling him where and when and how to do it is disgaraceful keep the front line its them that actualy do the job