But the LBH contracted services are dreadful. Parks and recreation being probably the worst . In house it has to be planning or the policies it's anyones guess, but take a tour of Heston and Hounslow like I did recently and the state of it is jaw dropping. Foe me the key problem is the diversity is simply to great for one authority to conduct a one size fits all administration. Ealing is similar but dare I say they are better in some respects. The weak link has been Cllr. Mahfouz's list of failures and the attempt to be more like Hounslow in being economical with the truth on too many issues and policies. Both parties would do well to avoid the methods of Hounslow's Labour and Conservative groups. The trouble with privatisation is the kind of companies that get invited to tender and how they make a profit from the service they may run. They use lawyers and management consultancies to almost brainwash officers and councillors in to a deal which far too often has fallen way short of what we the taxpayers and residents should expect. It's the same everywhere because the legislation and policies are flawed from page one. As far as I'm concerned if it works well enough and is not costing a fortune (not in the usual manipulated accountants way) then leave it be.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Privatisation of libraries and leisure	17/05/13 16:24:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	17/05/13 16:51:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	18/05/13 08:57:00	Chris Bell
Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	22/05/13 11:27:00	Alex Witraz
Re:Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	22/05/13 11:50:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	22/05/13 19:27:00	Tony Colliver
Re:Privatisation of libraries and leisure	22/05/13 20:10:00	Michael Brandt

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