Welsh council removes flagpoles in cost cutting exercise

They would probably save a lot more than £20k if they got rid of some of their six-figure salaried "executives" who have been comfortable in their jobs for years. If councils everywhere are cutting back on services they don't really need such huge workforces because the people working in those cutback services and jobs are no longer needed. Having said that it would probably result in the taxpayer financing huge redundancy payments and pensions. It's a no win situation for us as they have it all worked out to a fine art.

Seems a fair enough way to save money so long a they only took down their own flagpoles!

Can we please make sure they remove all those god-awful 'pride' flags? They're like the modern-day Swastika.

According to Powys Council it's a cost cutting exercise lol? Sorry, but what a load of BS. £20,000 to inspect flagpoles the reason to down poles. I've never heard so much wind expelled since I had the misfortune once of walking in front of Neil Kinnock out leafleting for YesCymru. And as others have said. Powys councilors need to look at their little perks of work before resourcing to such drastic actions such as this.

How about we start charging 90% tax to earners over a million quid ( like 50s and 60s America). Instead of letting the super rich holding our economy hostage. 1st decouple the need for employers to only employ people with bank accounts. This simple step will ensure the super rich can't benefit off of the means of others. This in turn will once again give government's the authority rather than corporations and banksters. If they threaten mass unemployment by outsourcing to other nations, simply fine them into the dust, others will rise to take their place so no loss, and the fine money can be used to take care of their unemployed until other employment can be found.

I wonder how much removal will costs. 20k to inspect, seems bizarre. Surely any maintenance staff on site, can take seconds to check monthly.

Take down your Jacks and leave our national ones. Not a bad thing. But I bet that's not what they're up to. Only taking down some but saving 20k. Crickey how much does it cost per flagpole? How many flagpoles are we talking about? This smells a bit fishy.

Budgets are cut yet salaries increase. Some sort of fancy accounting !!!!

I think it is stupid to take our flag down sometimes you go to towns and cities and see our flag hanging on various poles shopping centres different areas give you that nice feeling to see you and now we got these doers who get paid to make good decisions for the people and the country It makes me wonder why they get paid so much to think of these silly situations and ideas. God help us it’s supposed to be in charge and guide us looking after all the people of wales😤😫🤪🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿