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As a local resident proud of my Northamptonian heritage I'm really
disappointed by the comments of David Mackintosh about Council staff and
his statement that when he talked "to businesses across the whole of
the town, the terms and conditions
under which ... staff work[ed], frankly they ... think
this is a holiday camp".
Perhaps he could do working people of
the town a big favour and name and shame these organisations so that we
can know what they think about the need for decent pay? Perhaps we
should look at all of the facts to see whether this is an objective
assessment or an off the cuff remark.
For our town to thrive we
need excellent public services staffed by well trained, well motivated
individuals who know that they are valued by the people that they serve
and the people that lead thier organisations. We only have to look at
the effect of the County Council altering the terms and conditions of
their staff on the services they deliver. The result - abysmally poor
levels of experienced permanent staff in social services and a heavy
over reliance on expensive agency staff to deliver basic service levels
that are still classed as "inadequate" by inspectors.
The
Borough Councils expenditure on staffing is a big proportion of the
budget. What a shame, that the Council leadership don't try and get the
most out of this spending by valuing the best resource that they have
and choose rather to have a race to the bottom for both staff and local
services.
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