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Rob Middleton's avatar

Fascinating story, thanks for sharing. Reading between the lines, as like most things in life, this is pretty much a question of money. And the lack thereof. Local residents are the primary beneficiaries of this road's maintenence, and should pay for it. Why should taxpayers in other regions of the UK pay for something they have a 99.9% likelihood of never using... The problem is that two thirds of an average Local Authority's budget is now spent on adult and children's social care. If local residents would like the road repaired, they should signal their willingness to pay higher local taxes to facilitate this expense by writing to their local politicians - rather than choosing to elect a protest politician who will blame their local woes on channel migrants. A very politically fraught situation, thanks again for sharing.

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Malcolm's avatar

The longer I spend working in the public sector, the more cynical I get about "partnership working". Sure, for complex delivery you need different partners coming together to sort things out. But very often it's code for wading through an absolutely impenetrable fog of vague accountabilities in order to move half an inch forward. Or even go nowhere.

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