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Before any cuts are carried out Telford and Wrekin council need to look at how money is being wasted .I have asked and continue to ask for explanations from T&W about non payment of any rent for the past 8 years for the hire of Dawley Town hall ,it would appear a lease for a peppercorn rent for 3 years was agreed ,a further lease for 5 years was agreed at £500 per month FACT I have had this information direct under the FOI act from the council.I have asked further questions why not a penny of this £30,000 has been paid .Procrastination appears to be the name of the councils game .I am told an investigation is taking place by the local audit team .This is the same local audit team, who appear to have ignored the fact the rent has not been paid for 5years.How can you carry out an investigation into your own incompetence .
I have tried to put the matter in the hands of the police but as usual in order to keep crime statistics down they do not feel the fact that £30,000 is missing from council accounts for one reason or another is worth investigating so they have referred the matter back to the Chief Executive . The police comments were incompetence is not a crime .There has been plenty of time for this investigation so I cannot understand the delay in providing the answers I asked for .It is my right as a tax paying resident of T&W Borough to know where this money is and if it has been paid why is it not in the councils accounts ?.These delays fuel rumours ,sour trust ,and in the tax payers eyes show the council and police in a bad light because it appears no one wants to take responsbility for these matters .A very concerned D.L.Barnett

I have had some more information from the council from my FOI request .What I have had is an explanation that actually beggars belief one can only say I have been treated with utter contempt by officials who obviously believe members of the public are as brain dead as themselves .They have cotradicted themselves so many times it beggars belief .Anyone who cares to ring me I will tell them about their claims .IF Cameron needs to wield an axe I would ask he starts with the deadwood that appear to inhabit some parts of T&W council .There are some excellent people at the council but there are others prepared to lie through their backteeth in order to save their backsides .It is known who they are ,they should go now and when leaving offer an apology to taxpayers for conning them .Then again there are none so blind as those who will not see .Moral to this is mistrust everyone of them and you will not be far wrong ,unfortunate for the ggod ones but that is life .D.L.Barnett