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    Slacker wrote:
    tigeran wrote:
    A VOTER wrote:
    Tigeran,
    There are many bad public sector workers, and there are many good public sector workers. Some of the good public sector workers will move heaven and earth to do great things. Sometimes you will rely on public sector workers to keep you safe, to protect you, to rescue you, or to save your life. Without these dedicated people, all of our lives would be very different. One day, you may need the services provided by demoness....
    I have great respect for all our front line people and if demoness is one then I do for what she does and not her views. What I cannot stand is the recent delutions of grandure some of the public sector workers have displayed with regards to pensions etc during these times of hardship that has seen decent people not in the public sector have their pensions ripped apart and can do nothing about it but public sector hold these very people to ransom who bring money into the country that pays for these people's wages! Demoness just happens to be a public sector worker whos views irritate me and hence the clash! Nothing more.
    This is what is confusing. Despite Demoness working in the public sector, her first post was displaying an annoyance/dislike of the public sector workers who went on strike.

    So you both have the same views it seems.
    No.... I said that I did not have time for my colleagues that went on strike over pensions - we are darn lucky to have a pension and I can assure you that there are a lot of PS workers who feel the same as me.
    Please do not presume to put words in my mouth or make assumptions about my beliefs."
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Give leftover council snacks to homeless, says Lib Dem

3:03pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in News By James Nadal

snacks such as sandwiches, leftover after meetings, should go to charities for homeless, says Cllr Simon Parker snacks such as sandwiches, leftover after meetings, should go to charities for homeless, says Cllr Simon Parker

LEFTOVER sandwiches and snacks not eaten at council meetings should be offered to the hungry or homeless, a councillor says.

Councillor Simon Parker has called for 'nonsensical' regulations to be ignored to ensure decent food goes to a good home rather than being thrown in the bin.

After recently discovering that food provided for councillors after evening meetings was just discarded if not eaten, the Liberal Democrat asked homeless charities if they would welcome such snacks.

He said at a Wycombe District Council meeting last night: “ I've been assured that in the case of the YMCA in Cressex this would be eagerly received by residents who are not always assured of an evening meal.

“I understand the health and safety issues often cited as reasons why this cannot take place.

“Again, can I ask for her reassurance that as a council we should seek to circumvent any nonsensical regulations which prevents good food from reaching the mouths of the hungry, rather than consigning it to the dustbin?”

Cllr Jean Teesdale, Cabinet Member responsible for council food, said: “I have investigated the practicalities and things are not that simple.

“Over recent years efforts have been made to minimise the amount of refreshments left over after meetings.

“The action we are taking will, I anticipate, ensure the amounts of leftover food will be minimal so there will not be sufficient quantities to make it a viable proposition.”

The Conservative explained that once food has gone above eight degrees Celsius it must be consumed or thrown away, according to advice given by health and safety experts.

She added: “Whilst I appreciate the sentiment of your question I can't support anything that will cause risk.”

The food is paid for by the council.

This year it cut the budget for refreshments for 2012/13 from £11,100 to £7,500.

The council pointed out that this is merely the budget and not necessarily what will be spent.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided for all meetings and sandwiches are as well if the start time is 7pm and the meeting lasts more than an hour.

In 2007, the BFP revealed WDC overspent on their designated refreshment fund the previous year by £806 making it the council's most expensive for food since 2002.

Those same statistics showed across all three south Buckinghamshire district councils, councillors snacked on an annual total of £32,117 worth of sandwiches.

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