Bradford council tax rise.

Its not all the councils fault but in Queensbury and all in fairly recent times we've lost, the council tip, the bank, the big post office (replaced by a small counter in a corner shop), the swimming pool, Victoria hall is closing (or already closed), 90% of the pubs, the children's parks are unusable, the unadopted roads are worse than ever and all while they grant planning permission for new housing estate after new housing estate and then decide we should pay 15% more for the facilities they aren't providing because of the huge waste elsewhere.

It'd be funny if it didn't make you so angry.

 

I wouldn't leave anything in the hands of the council, and I mean nothing. Most useless set of corrupt arseholes you could wish to meet. I do agree some things are out of their hands, consecutive government have run this country into the ground, crazy green policies and no long term plans of how to get this countries economy going in the right direction other than to penalise existing businesses. Economic growth should be a priority over anything else, unless you are growing in an expanding world your working citizens will just keep paying more to for rapidly decreasing public services.
The whole thing is an absolute shambles.

 

They were my pants....

 

9.99%

I’ve no dog in this fight as 20 years ago I got out of the City I was born and raised in.
But I do have relatives and friends who are residents of Bradford and if I were them or anybody on here i’d be apoplectic with rage if this shower who run the council were doing this.
The bare faced cheek of them knows no bounds.
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24906544.permission-raise-bradford-council-tax-9-99-per-cent/?ref=suit

 

The comments so far are all fair, I think many more will be added over time which will show you the strength of feeling.

I could just about stomach an increase of that level if I saw a ray of sunshine down the track, but we have Susan Hinchcliffe who is heavily involved in the unfolding disaster appearing to stay on regardless of the damage she has done. Utterly useless and won't last 10min in the private sector.

Days after Star Hobson was murdered she announced she was to stand for West Yorkshire Mayor, and the report into child services further down the line listed a catelogue of failures in that case alone where warnings and concerns were ignored. Ofsted said there was a total failure of leadership and things had gotten worse before children's services were finally relieved from the control of Bradford Council. Did anyone resign? No. The CEO disappear into retirement with a massive pension and was given the chair job on City of Culture whilst Hinchliffe oversees disaster after disaster, from One City Park being half unlet, to Bradford Live standing Empty, to £35m in council tax being not collected.

This City is fecked with the patients running the asylum.

 

Where did you move too m8??

 

Time for action from my perspective. Always had an opinion on this useless set of incompetents but paid my dues as a law abiding citizen. This is the straw that broke the camels back, i see millions of pounds every year wasted, figures quoted of 65% spent on social care. I've had enough, this needs challenging and campaigning against. Every extra penny my family and many just like me will have to pay in extra tax won't even touch the sides of the millions wasted year after year. How many of those extra payments does it take to pay the salaries of the pathetic Hinchcliffe and ARS?

 

My guess is Bailiff Bridge

 

I think he's having us on

 

Uncanny.
Have you always had that gift?

 

The council tax rise and the way City hall is run is something people should be protesting about as it effects everyone that lives here. Something that will get noticed and maybe have some positive change.

Unfortunately people seem to protest about things they can't control like wars in other countries or Trump etc.

 

Well they all lined up and followed Hinchcliffe's orders and voted to increase council tax by 10%. Hinchcliffe actually made a point to say it was children's and Adults social care which are the biggest costs to try deflect from the shitshow of regeneration spending (another story is in todays T&A about the Darley Street fiasco).

So Susan, who was leader from 2016 till now when a report on Children's services in 2018 said it was terrible, and a follow up in 2020 confirmed it has got worse. Yes Susan that would be you. In any other line of work losing control of an entire arm of the council would see people sacked, it's not like losing a set of keys.

There were protests last night and the police even got involved to remove them so these chinless wonders could kiss Hinchcliffe's arse and protect her job.

Shocking, they are banking on people having short memories due to no elections until next year due to the 3 years out of 4 election cycle. Even so Hinchcliffe, Ross Shaw, etc seat is safe. In Windhill they would vote in Peter Sutcliffe if he wore a red rosette.

 

Hinchcliffe and Ross-Shaw are the epitome of the UK in 2025, utterly useless but get paid a kings ransom to do it.

 

It was good to see that when they announced someone from the council to speak they were booed out of sight tonight so they just went and spoke to Graham Alexander instead.

 

Unfortunately, she was nothing to do with the council
It was the lady mayoress an honoury position
Hinchcliffe and her cronies were nowhere to be seen

 

Bit out of order that bit tbh because she has nothing to do with decisions made by the council, she's more like an ambassador.

Fair play to her for not saying anything after her position was, ahem, misinterpreted poor lady.

It's a bit like booing Billy Bantam.

 

And some of these people get to vote …..Jeeze.

 

She's a Labour Councillor, and yes this year she is in an honour position she's been a Councillor as long as Hinchcliffe has been leader and is part of the yes men/women of the past.

The leader did well to steer clear based on that reception, who is the one who has done untold damage to the City.

 

Hinchcliffe was in the crowd, noticed her about 20 feet to the left of me. Didn't see her holding a pyro or chanting she wants to go on the piss with Sarcevic #plasticfans