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@wxm 14081 wrote:

The economy, and businesses, are surely an important part of caring for the community. Thriving businesses with long term prosecpts, feed other benefits back into communities. What economy are we aspiring to to help these big challenges? How can business get involved, in a way that does’t affect their core role of creating product, wealth, and high earning jobs?

….I thought the man was discussing what the voluntary sector could be doing in 10-15 years time ?

It’s a given that the business sector will play a part in displacing public sector or charitable provision. I’m not of course suggesting that all businesses are on the “make” in looking for opportunities. Some do a fine job I would imagine; and they do provide employment for many.

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Rob,

Ah yes, if I’ve read your last para correctly, you’ve hit the nail on the head.

ONS classifies “economically inactive” as quite separate from being “unemployed”.

My understanding ( correct me if I’m wrong here anyone ) is that if a claimant does not commit to demonstrating he/she is actively looking for work, then they can potentially (lol) have their benefits stopped. So they then get lumped into the “economically inactive” bucket without hurting the unemployment stats. Cute.

It doesn’t surprise me that any of the main political parties fail to point this out to the populace in general. They’ve all used this kind of trick to disguise their own failings.

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Slightly off-topic…

I’m going to have to change my username from Moggsie to Meldrew I think !

Lights on Ruthin Rd. are down yet again !!!

caveat emptor

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Here’s my actual point I guess…

I just get the feeling that traffic lights seem to fail these days far more than they ever used to. Ruthin Rd / A483 Jctn are particulary dodgy I feel.

Imagine the chaos at the Old Rd / A483 Jctn if these ever decide to play up ?

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@beedar 12748 wrote:

What a waste of time and money, all this so called improvement will do is make it ten times worse

Wonder if our excellent highways people ever thought about designing a contract that allowed an agent ( Balfours ) to generate additional returns ( or better still fewer penalties ) if new schemes were actually PROVED to reduce congestion ?

Then again, I guess the stats can always be managed to produce the desired outcome.

Just make sure the traffic lights work eh !
( I’m not even confident they’ll manage that )

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