Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Friday, 20 March 2009

Check your recent Council Tax Bill


http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/03/check-your-recent-council-tax-bill.html




I have just received a call from the Treasurer of the Avon & Somerset Police Authority.

I queried why in the budget I received through the post,why it showed a tenfold increase from £2M in 2008/9 to £20m 2009/10 for Capital expenditure.

Tenfold ! We are in a small largely rural District Council

This was hurriedly explain as a refurbishment project for detention facilities that needed bringing up to 21st standards.

Pressing a little harder it turns out this is not a refurbishment project at all. It is a PFI project with the Home Office ( I did not get an answer as to where the money is going to be borrowed from and on what terms) to build 'detention facilities' near Motorways and in City Centres.

I have published before the job advert for an asessor for this programme, but then it was being done under the auspices of the Foreign Office.

The State is building a lot more detention capability because it thinks it is going to need it. 

Call to check your council tax bills - Please Read & Pass On...

Please read the full page - very important...k

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check your council tax bills, especially the Police Capital spending programmes.
 
We did, and found that Avon&Somerset had increased their spending from 2m to 20m this year, so we asked why.
 
we published the answer, detention facilities on motorways and in towns. They are expecting to use them.
 
 
spread the word, I would like as much feedback as possible from your contact across the UK on new detention facilities being built.
 
many thanks

Posted by Britannia Radio at 23:53