There’s a really interesting article in The Independent which my mum emailed to me (Thanks Mum). It is a list of 80 possible ways that the government could save money. They have come from a wide variety of people including government staff and members of the public.
I thought you might like to have a read through them (linked above) and maybe suggest a few that you like.
I thought some of them were brilliant, well thought out and totally practical; some others are good ideas but would be impossible to put into operation; some would cost more money to administer th
an they would save; some would save such little money that it’s not worth it... one or two are plain mad!
Of course you may have some ideas yourself... other things we could do to save more money. We are a bit wasteful after all...
Anyway, among the ones I likes were.........
• Taking our basis out of Germany. The cold war is over and has been for 20 years. Most of the Warsaw Pact countries are in the EU. In any case these days I doubt bases in Germany would stop the “Soviets” now if they decided they wa
nted Paris!
• Withdraw from Afghanistan!
• MPs should use hostels when parliament is sitting
• Teachers should do their training during their very long holidays
• Civil servants bonuses should stop
• Get rid of the vast numbers of managers in the NHS (and other public bodies)
• Only plant perennials in public gardens
• Give councils the rights to triple taxes on derelict buildings
• Abandon the concept of Away-Days
• Have fewer councillors (and indeed MPs)
• Scrap trident
I thought that the idea of selling Cornwall was pretty silly.... unless the buyer takes the daft duke and duchess along with it.
Oh.. and I want to add two that aren't there surprisingly.... scrap the House of Lords and all honours that change people’s names. We are all equal and having titles like 'Sir' and 'Lord' make us unequal in a way that should disappeared 100 years ago. Continue with honours that give you letters after your name, but it’s the 21st century for goodness sake.... and close down or share diplomatic services with other EU countries.
I thought you might like to have a read through them (linked above) and maybe suggest a few that you like.
I thought some of them were brilliant, well thought out and totally practical; some others are good ideas but would be impossible to put into operation; some would cost more money to administer th
an they would save; some would save such little money that it’s not worth it... one or two are plain mad!Of course you may have some ideas yourself... other things we could do to save more money. We are a bit wasteful after all...
Anyway, among the ones I likes were.........
• Taking our basis out of Germany. The cold war is over and has been for 20 years. Most of the Warsaw Pact countries are in the EU. In any case these days I doubt bases in Germany would stop the “Soviets” now if they decided they wa
nted Paris!• Withdraw from Afghanistan!
• MPs should use hostels when parliament is sitting
• Teachers should do their training during their very long holidays
• Civil servants bonuses should stop
• Get rid of the vast numbers of managers in the NHS (and other public bodies)
• Only plant perennials in public gardens
• Give councils the rights to triple taxes on derelict buildings
• Abandon the concept of Away-Days
• Have fewer councillors (and indeed MPs)
• Scrap trident
I thought that the idea of selling Cornwall was pretty silly.... unless the buyer takes the daft duke and duchess along with it.
Oh.. and I want to add two that aren't there surprisingly.... scrap the House of Lords and all honours that change people’s names. We are all equal and having titles like 'Sir' and 'Lord' make us unequal in a way that should disappeared 100 years ago. Continue with honours that give you letters after your name, but it’s the 21st century for goodness sake.... and close down or share diplomatic services with other EU countries.
