General Discussion
Genuinely want to know the answer to this question. Why would the Devon Home choice Scheme stop affordable housing going to local people?
And it seems that the issue of public money and the royal family is not only an issue that has gone through my mind. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2942401/Majority-Britons-want-stop-funding-minor-royals-Prince-Andrew-Sophie-Wessex.html
Well, I don't know exactly how much they contribute now as I only have read that they do contribute. For example I understand that the Cambridge's contributed towards the internal refurbishment of their apartment at Kensington Palace. If I researched enough I might well be able to find out exact amounts. However, my point concerns the principle that they should contribute more than they ...
My mind is made up. They should contribute more. Thank you for enabling me to make myself clear.
Yes, I know that. What I am saying is that they should contribute more. Lead by example and all that.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cost-of-royal-family-rises-twice-as-fast-as-inflation-9563293.html
No, but they use these publicly owned properties as private residences. Therefore I see no reason why they should not contribute from their private wealth towards the costs of running/refurbing/repairing them.
Perhaps the royal family could/should show their acknowledgement of the need to spend public money wisely by funding building and refurb costs to royal residences out of their own pocket(s)?
If this country was wallowing in money the Tories would still be cutting back on publicly funded services (eg schools, NHS, social services, police etc etc etc). And the reason they would be doing that is because the Tories do not like the publicly funded sector. They eat, breath and drink private enterprise. Their priority is the private sector and the profit to be made from it.
Council services cutbacks. Anything to do with reduction in grant coming from central government plus restrictions in how much they can raise locally via council tax?
