21 September - Not a big spender
Bexley council is proud of spending
less on
domiciliary care workers than any nearby borough and it never seemed likely that
it would be the biggest spender nationally on child care. The last thing Bexley
council does is care so it is not very surprising that
the recent Daily Telegraph report
was wrong. Councils are expert at wasting money but £3 million pounds a year on each child had to be
a mistake - and it was. The real figure is now
said to be £192,400 per year.
The council’s rebuttal of the Telegraph’s figure taken from Department of Education
data naturally includes the proud boast that they are spending less than most
councils. I hope that isn’t a recipe for more
Rhys Lawries and Barbara Bakers
(BELL).
Nice to know that Bexley council has never felt it necessary to correct anything reported here.