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JoeJoe wrote:

On 06/05/2018 20:34, wrote:
On Sunday, 6 May 2018 16:32:41 UTC+1, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:
On Sun, 6 May 2018 08:14:33 -0700 (PDT), tabbypurr wrote:
On Sunday, 6 May 2018 13:59:43 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:

shifter. Now the problem is the Internet, and unfortunately all these
brave
towns like ours here in Kingstons plans to make a new retail offering in
the
next few yeas do seem doomed to failure unless they can find a way to cut
the costs of running high street stores.
Brian

that's easy - cut the rates. The whole town centre loss of business
problem is largely down to rates.

This will be remedied :-(

I wish, it's killing retail

How would councils exist on less income?

They wont, they will up the income.

Stop wasting so much of it would be a good start.

They cannot stop wasting money, it's inherent in the system. Making
individuals accountable for their incompetence would go a long way
toward cutting waste, but it wont happen.

Ever heard of a public sector employee losing their job due to
incompetence? I haven't... It generally tends to result in a
promotion from my experience ;-)

Not many private sector employees either. When they are sacked they walk
away with a golden handshake.

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John Bryan