Month: June 2018

Barnet Alliance AGM Wednesday 4th July 6.30pm

This is a formal notification of BAPS AGM and relaunch, which will take place on Wednesday 4th July 6.30 pm at the Greek Cypriot Centre 2 Britannia Road N12 9RU.

 

Confirmed Speakers include:

Steve Hedley, Assistant General Secretary RMT
Shen, Mcstriker
Mr Reasonable: John Dix
Barry Rawlings, Leader of the Barnet Labour Group

Unconfirmed Speakers:

Richard Cornelius Leader of the Barnet Conservative administration

#BarnetOption3
#KickOutCapita

Please find attached BAPS constitution: Barnet Alliance for Public Services – Final Constitution

Financial Meltdown in Barnet – Read Mr Reasonable

FULL POST HERE.

Yesterday Barnet published the agenda for the Policy & Resources committee next Monday which you can read here.  I am used to surprises but this one was gobsmacking. I blogged just a couple of weeks ago about the parlous state of Barnet’s finances including the Medium Term Financial Strategy  (MTFS) published in February. Yesterday Barnet published a revised MTFS.

So whereas in February they were forecasting a shortfall of £2.79 million in 2018/19 they are now forecasting a £9.5 million shortfall and in 2019/20 the shortfall jumps from £8.2 million to £19.3 million all in the space of four months. The long term prospects are apocalyptic with a shortfall of £42 million in 2021/22 and by 2023/24 a “high level calculation” showing a shortfall of £62 million. This means the council can no longer exist in its current form.

I simply cannot believe that in February – before the election – no one was aware of just how bad the financial situation was, in which case were the electorate misled?

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