Politicians and their economic advisers who have an ideological blind spot when it comes to the private sector. Free market competition is best and if it doesn't exist let's invent it and install a regulator whose hands are tied.
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In the case of Woking, it was the CEO who was un-elected and unaccountable as he retired and left the country that committed the Council to spending that we couldn't afford (along with ALL the 2016 Councillors)
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its easy not to go bust when the tax payer's pockets are infinitely deep and you have no competition.you mean the wonderful commercial world which led to :
75% of energy suppliers going bust
various train operators going bust
water companies becoming bankrupt
Carillon construction going bust
What sort of type does the commercial world attract?
Whilst what some may not understand, is that councils are forced to tender out investments and go for the ones that supposedly offer the best returns...
That's why many went for the Icesave options before the last financial crash...
Those in the know knew that if the rate offered then was too good to be true, then they avoided it!
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He was probably an implementor, those kind of decisions have to be taken by elected councillors
It is, if the money is being offshored/hidden by private nursing home companies.
If it is transparent, or old-age care is public, the money is just the oil that goes around the economic engine.
You're arguing that the free market - the altar at which you bow - doesn't work
And, for some services, I agree.
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Are you aware of any nursing homes running such schemes?
Nobody can charge 1.5k per week if nobody will pay it. That is supply and demand - free market etc.
Nobody can charge 1.5k per week if nobody will pay it. That is supply and demand - free market etc.