tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post9077966408010552526..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Council budget - Education bears the bruntcaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-70920580403665505422015-11-22T10:23:34.641+00:002015-11-22T10:23:34.641+00:00It is little wonder that education will take a hug...It is little wonder that education will take a huge hit after the Wesh general election.All the health stats and press reports have been so poor for so long that to challenge the narrative the Labour government will have to find new cash by raiding other budgets. The loss of the Vale of Clwyd and Gower seats to the Tories at the UK general election, where local campaigns were reported to have had big heath components have caused major shocks for the Labour party. The number of Labour supporters that have renamed Gower as 'Gower which was held by Labour for 100 years' shows how they have been shaken by the result.<br /> I guess a cuts agenda in Carmarthenshire will totally restructure the face of primary education in the county. Reduction of funding will finish many small rural schools. Town schools will also be under the cosh. The vast majority of Llanelli primary schools have populations of about 250 pupils and non teaching heads. Cuts of around £30/40 k for the next three years will force governing bodies to look to new arrangements such as mergers or sharing management teams or in some cases closures.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-34112848951246629622015-11-18T20:09:28.851+00:002015-11-18T20:09:28.851+00:00WG have lifted the protection on Education - so bl...WG have lifted the protection on Education - so blame Westminster then Cardiff Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-69608848648041917832015-11-18T11:32:54.702+00:002015-11-18T11:32:54.702+00:00Interesting, Anon @10.11. This appears to be a leg...Interesting, Anon @10.11. This appears to be a legal minefield. See provisions 3 and 4 of the Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) (Wales) Order 2006. It's not exactly easy reading, but it suggests that boards of governors are the employers with all the rights and duties that that entails.<br /><br />If the CE has his way, schools will have to pay for the rope and bullets used in their own execution. <br /><br />As far as the cuts themselves go, Carmarthenshire would yet again appear to be blazing a trail because one of the key promises made by Carwyn Jones was that education spending would not only be safe on his watch, but would even be increased.<br /><br />There has been no announcement of what would be a very dramatic change in Welsh Government policy, but Carmarthenshire County Council seems to know something the rest of us don't.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-3119937707335018662015-11-17T10:11:23.136+00:002015-11-17T10:11:23.136+00:00The payment of Redundancy is due by the compensati...The payment of Redundancy is due by the compensating authority in statute.<br />The compensating authority for schools in Wales funded by state spending are their respective local authorities, so the CE of Carmarthenshire will need to re-write, certainly Wales legislation if not Parliamentary legislation for there to be any chance of his statement on redundancy payments succeeding. <br />In short, Local Authorities are for the time being anyway, the employer and therefore responsible for the payment of Redundancy payments. This is more probably employment legislation that is not devolved to the NAfW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-72875812390492254202015-11-16T17:25:52.112+00:002015-11-16T17:25:52.112+00:00This is really awful news. It looks like the usua...This is really awful news. It looks like the usual will happen. There will be little or no challenge from either the nodding-dog majority of councillors, and quite probably little from the public consultation - which is always an empty exercise, as if the desired feedback isn't forthcoming it'll be ignored anyway. That's assuming the consultation is properly advertised - front page of local press, or the council's own BUMF, might be good. Then all hell will break loose once the budget is approved and the cuts start to actually take effect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com