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Published Date:
20 January 2010
A plan for councils and other authorities in Buckinghamshire to share 'back office' work to save cash and cut jobs is teetering on the edge after two key players pulled out.
Aylesbury Vale District Council has backed out of the £450 million plan, part of a scheme called pathfinder, over fears that hundreds of jobs could be exported not just out of the county, but abroad.

Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service has also said it will no longer be taking part because of concerns over the cost.

Bucks County Council still supports the plan - even thoguh it would mean jobs done for all the local authorities involved would be shipped abroad or out of the county.

Meanshile public sector workers' union Unison has discovered that £1.2 million of taxpayers' cash has already been spent on the initiative.

Pick up a copy of this week's Bucks Herald for the full, special report.

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  • Last Updated: 21 January 2010 9:14 AM
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JR,

20/01/2010 11:32:23
I think its a fantastic idea - let's start by looking at the most senior members of the council first.
People who decide to put 10,000 houses next to an already busy town utilising already overcrowded roads obviously don't live anywhere near Aylesbury & judging by their limited knowledge of the road systems round here, it is obvious they never venture into town - so we can transfer all there jobs to mumbai.
Then how about we look at the people who decide it'll be a great idea to start major roadworks during a major freeze AND whilst major roadworks are ongoing in other parts of town.
Again, these people obviously never have to come anywhere near the town - so let's get them a nice office in mumbai as well.
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Mari H.,

Aylesbury 20/01/2010 13:27:51
Maybe Mr Liddington could ask for Government help for the area because of the job losses caused by his own Party's running of the Council?
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JR,

21/01/2010 00:33:52
"The difference between Aylesbury and the North"
In the |North, I guess they have local people running the show, people who actually live in the communities they represent - and living in said community means you want to ensure you do your best for it.
I really cannot understand how the tories end up running BCC year after year - surely this is the swansong for the tories in bucks?
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Hetwend,

Wendover 21/01/2010 11:59:10
Bouquets to AVDC for doing the right thing; brickbats to Bucks County Council for even CONSIDERING doing the wrong thing. David Lidington MP is generally correct when he says it's always good to save money ... but surely NOT if this involves providing a rubbish County Service and taking more jobs away from local people. It was only very recently he was bewailing the loss of the HBOS jobs so it's not very clear whose side he's on. How very coincidental (but handy?) that the "partner" of Bucks CC Chief Executive is so involved with one of these "outsourcing" companies (about as much benefit to us Bucks people as his recent "factfinding" trip to Japan - shame he didn't see fit to save us all money on that little jolly. It would be interesting for somebody to find out how much that cost under Freedom of Information rights) I do hope that Wycombe District Council choose to dump this vile idea too so the "Pathfinder" is forced to come back to its senses. Maybe we'd all be better off with a new BCC Chief Exceutive who listens to what local people want doing with THEIR money. I for one do not want my money spent on wages for call centre operatives in India in particular (or indeed any other place other than Bucks)
Just to re-iterate, I'm SO PLEASED with AVDC, a great council doing the right thing in difficult circumstances.
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JR,

22/01/2010 11:48:59
I've said it before & I'll keep on saying it.
How is it that vast sums of money can be thrown into such profligate ventures without it being questioned?
I've recently been lead to believe that BCC, AVDC - in fact the whole of the UK - is in financial qu**r (not allowed to say the q word!) street and yet here we are, one or maybe a few people can simply give the OK to spend over a million pounds of OUR money without even giving it a second thought.
Who the heck is in charge of the public purse - Bill Gates? (actually, despite his vast wealth, I don't think he would consider such a disgustingly wasteful venture).
Can the Bucks Herald please find out who signed this cheque & who agreed to this venture? These people should not be allowed to hold positions of such power.
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