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News and Comment January 2026

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11 January (Part 1) - Bexley has almost the highest Council Tax rate in London

Sunday Telegraph reportAnd the reason is not hard to find; its managers are as good at making business decisions as Starmer’s Calamity Cabinet. None of them has a clue how to run a successful anything at all.

While it may have been right to remove flags from the two traffic hazards which are the Cob and Fish roundabouts - both demolished by vehicles several times - because they were a distraction to drivers, how can it possibly cost £13,500 to hire a couple of blokes with a ladder, or maybe in this Health & Safety world, a cherry picker?

If Bexley Council had not got rid of every employee who does not go to work in a suit they may been able to call on someone to do the job for a bit of overtime money. The usual false economy we have come to expect from all public bodies. Plenty of work for Reform UK to do come May 7th.

An expanded version of the newspaper report may be revealed by clicking on the image alongside.

 

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