To think Local Government is full of pointless jobs that exist just to justify managers’ roles?

So you’re against initiatives to help jobs be more accessible to disabled people?

If private sector companies don't run a tight ship, they go out of business. The public sector just demands more money each year regardless. There's no accountability.

I think, like with most parts of the public sector, it is a mix of incredibly hard working /overworked people nearing burnout (usually the technical specialists) and then too many manager type roles and waffly non -jobs where people spend their time doing very little or creating conflict /more jobs just to justify their own existence

7000 people work in comms for the government. 7000!!!!

Can you ask whoever is in charge of road repair to do their fucking job!

Not anything like as sick as people are of moaning arseholes who don't have the first clue what they are going on about yet manage to state it with utterly unearned confidence.

I understand the need for specifics but part of the issue is that inefficiency is often built into the system rather than tied to a single job title. For example, I’ve seen teams created for short-term projects that no longer serve a purpose but continue to exist, or layers of middle management that add bureaucracy without clear outcomes. It’s less about individual job roles and more about a culture where roles are justified by internal processes rather than public benefit. That said, departments like Transformation teams that exist for years after their projects have ended often raise questions about their necessity.

You are not being unreasonable.

If it’s not civil servants stealing from the taxpayer, it local government taking the piss. These people are useless and are basically robbing the public purse. Doing all they can to avoid working, taking endless sick time, skiving and being mostly useless. And yet they keep being given more and more money to do naff all. Thats why the paying public is getting sick of them.

The LA I work in has , I.would say, 90% hard working dedicated employees doing serious work to make society run smoothly and protect people. Lots of it is grim work that most people can't or wont do. There are probably too many meetings and 5% of people who are not working hard. Is that any different to the private sector? Certainly anywhere private I have worked there is not 100% efficiency at all times.

As others have said there are huge staff shortages. I can guarantee in my L A if you are not getting fly tipping removed for example it is not because everyone is sitting around drinking tea, it's because the team is half the size it was 5 years ago and the problems have all increased.

I think most jobs are like this. I asked a lawyer fir clarification on a fairly straightforward matter, send thr document, highlighted relevant paragraphs. I need probably a four sentence paragraph back. We've now had five days of back and for, background checks on me, DH, the other party. ID checks. Terms of engagement, introduction to the ''team' terms and conditions of course, payment schedule, plan for future action. Just answer the fucking question. TBH, the issue may well resolve itself before I get a yay or nay. This is not a complex legal issue, it really is very straightforward clarification of wording that is likely common in all title deeds.

Yes it almost feels like Labour Party researchers via their social media team have been tasked with stirring up ‘debate’ to test the waters on severe cuts.

I expect Rachel Reeves will be receiving a report by end the month.

'Diversity inclusion officers' could go for a start.

'Diversity inclusion officers' could go for a start.

Like DOGE central round here.

I have worked in the private and local government. People idealise the private sector as efficient and value for money - it is subject to the same egos and mismanagement as the public sector. People just enjoy moaning about the local government.

In short, yes.

We got our council tax bill yesterday. It comes to just over 10% of my annual gross salary. And I genuinely don't know what the fuck they do with the money they receive from local taxpayers. I work in accounting by the way, so I do have a considerably better than average grasp of finances and economics on a large scale. I reckon you could walk into that council office building, get a list of names in salary order and cross of 90% of the top 50, and nobody would even notice they were gone.

In short, yes.

We got our council tax bill yesterday. It comes to just over 10% of my annual gross salary. And I genuinely don't know what the fuck they do with the money they receive from local taxpayers. I work in accounting by the way, so I do have a considerably better than average grasp of finances and economics on a large scale. I reckon you could walk into that council office building, get a list of names in salary order and cross of 90% of the top 50, and nobody would even notice they were gone.