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Tough choices over public spending video
by GD on Sat 15 Mar 2008, 3:29 pm
States members elected in Guernsey this April will face four years of tough choices over public spending.
The new tax strategy means there's no likelihood of significant budget increases for departments.
Candidates in the south east are going to find it very hard to say no to those campaigning for St Andrew's School to stay open. The Education Department is reviewing the future of the school, along with St Sampson's Infants, in the light of possible over-capacity which might mean the cash could be better spent elsewhere.
Last autumn States members backed a requete to spend £850,000 on putting homes near the new schools in St Sampson's on the main drain. Supporters said it was sensible to take the opportunity to connect the houses while the schools were being built. But many deputies doubted the wisdom of lavishing nearly a million pounds on a tiny number of people.
In the end, deputies narrowly voted 21 to 19 in favour of spending the cash. Interestingly, five out of six parish deputies chose to sign the requete.
So when the spending freezes really begin to bite and some tough decisions have to be made, will deputies have the courage to say no, and should they say no?
The new tax strategy means there's no likelihood of significant budget increases for departments.
Candidates in the south east are going to find it very hard to say no to those campaigning for St Andrew's School to stay open. The Education Department is reviewing the future of the school, along with St Sampson's Infants, in the light of possible over-capacity which might mean the cash could be better spent elsewhere.
Last autumn States members backed a requete to spend £850,000 on putting homes near the new schools in St Sampson's on the main drain. Supporters said it was sensible to take the opportunity to connect the houses while the schools were being built. But many deputies doubted the wisdom of lavishing nearly a million pounds on a tiny number of people.
In the end, deputies narrowly voted 21 to 19 in favour of spending the cash. Interestingly, five out of six parish deputies chose to sign the requete.
So when the spending freezes really begin to bite and some tough decisions have to be made, will deputies have the courage to say no, and should they say no?
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