As regards equal pay, I've had no adequate explanation why some council employees received generous payments and others of equal status did not. At the time, the opportunity to apply for payments was hushed up and not openly promoted as something both union members and non-union members should do. WHY WAS THIS?
I've had no explanation why Brum CC, after 40 years, remains promoting what appears to be the most expensive public transport mode to build after HS2. Brum's tram schemes are three times per Km more expensive to construct than all other tram extensions throughout the world. Trams are used to replace or duplicate bus services and two mainline railways - one in Brum and the other between Worcester and Derby via the Black Country. The third, down for trams, was saved for TRAINS but the three stations are taking an age to build!
The latest tram scheme in Sandwell and Dudley is promoted as having to be done to get the mainline railway reinstated with passenger and freight trains! Very costly trams first to get the TRAINS BACK. Unheard of anywhere else in the world. How bizarre!
Billions wasted, misused, wrongly allocated that, in my opinion, is tantamount to theft. Certainly, the corrupt use of public money. Money that could be used to help the poorest Brummies with food, energy and housing bills. Instead, they suffer.
Staff are working on wrong, mistaken and Climate-accelerating priorities, all of whom could, as one example, be employed to upgrade and insulate the homes of the poorest in the city.
Andy Street did nothing to stop the rot and is rewarded with a knighthood. Another scandal!
