Sheffield City Councill must save £60 million.

[geared 314]

Well how many councillors would that get rid of, and what is their cost to the council?

(You've got salary, pensions and other stuff)

How much allowance are councillors allowed?

 

I can't help but think asking a bunch of councillors to reduce their numbers by 30% is like asking Turkeys to vote for Christmas.

 

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MP the are too many representing sheffield areas

 

Sheffield MP's are paid by SCC??

 

I'm not so sure.

[No User Name 10]

Well how many councillors would that get rid of, and what is their cost to the council?

(You've got salary, pensions and other stuff)

How much allowance are councillors allowed?

 

I can't help but think asking a bunch of councillors to reduce their numbers by 30% is like asking Turkeys to vote for Christmas.

 

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Sheffield MP's are paid by SCC??

 

I'm not so sure.

 

MP's are paid by central government.

 

Also, I doubt getting rid of, lets say, half the councillors, would save that amount of money. Show your working, please

[JFKvsNixon 11]

Are councillors paid a wage?

[rivaldo1 10]

MP's are paid by central government.

 

Also, I doubt getting rid of, lets say, half the councillors, would save that amount of money. Show your working, please

 

9.1million a year on 84 councillors Sheffield basic rate

 

3 million a year for special responsibility allowance 47 councillors

 

12.1 million

ex travel

[geared 314]

MP's are paid by central government.

 

Also, I doubt getting rid of, lets say, half the councillors, would save that amount of money. Show your working, please

 

Who said it had to save 60 million??

 

Saving a couple of million in a number of places where there is fat to cut would be best, especially if it leaves front line services alone.

 

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Are councillors paid a wage?

 

I assume they don't work for free??

[ricgem2002 11]

Cut housing benefit to £300 a month max instead of £400+

If 200,000 people in sheffield are on housing benefit we can save over £20 million a year.

talk about biting the hand that feeds you:hihi::hihi:

[geared 314]

talk about biting the hand that feeds you:hihi::hihi:

 

For a landlord they seem to support policies that would take away their source of income :loopy::loopy:

 

Like cutting housing benefits and moving all people into a load of new council flats.

[landlordshef 10]

9.1million a year on 84 councillors Sheffield basic rate

 

3 million a year for special responsibility allowance 47 councillors

 

12.1 million

ex travel

 

£9,100,000 is peanuts compare to housing benefit

£28,000,000,000

[JFKvsNixon 11]

I assume they don't work for free??

 

A quick google says that councillors aren't paid a salary, they do it around their current job.

 

There is no salary for being a Councillor. However all Councillors are paid a basic allowance of around £10,000 a year to meet travel and other costs and to reflect the time it takes to be a Councillor.

 

If a Councillor becomes a Cabinet Member or Committee Chairman they will also receive an additional special responsibility allowance to reflect the extra work and responsibility they have taken on.

[LeMaquis 10]

Cut housing benefit to £300 a month max instead of £400+

If 200,000 people in sheffield are on housing benefit we can save over £20 million a year.

 

We wouldn't save anything. HB is only administered by the council. It's paid by the government.

[Penistone999 10]

WASTAGE

 

SCC wastes so much money its criminal . There are so many ways they can save cash , so much waste ,but here`s just a few.

 

1/ They waste hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax payers money every year cleaning up fly tipping , when simply scrapping the moronic policy of banning large vans from the dump it sites would stop the majority of fly tipping overnight saving a fortune in cleaning it up.

 

2/ The council waste a fortune every year on consultancy fees ,when they already have highly paid managers who should be capable of making these decisions themselves without wasting a fortune on consultants.

 

3/ Councillors going on free "Jollys" ,dressed up as fact finding missions . another area where vast amounts of money is wasted.

 

There are plenty more areas where this council waste vast amounts of money .

[Harrystottle 10]

The council have a statutory duty to provide some services don't they? So they can't just get rid of some things.

But the main problem is the political mindset. Labour thinks the state should provide for everyone in need, the Tories are trying to shrink the size of the state. So this will be an ongoing saga.