Showing posts with label local government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local government. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 October 2008

Ban for Marmite AND now ketchup


Hot on the heels of the ban on Marmite being served at 'breakfast clubs' in Ceredigion's schools in Wales, not to be outdone, the Vale of Glamorgan council has now turned its attention to the perils of tomato ketchup.

Apparently, they are serving up their own school-made version so that they can control its nutritional content.

Friday, 10 October 2008

Councils and now Cats Protection

Is there no end to the number of public and not-for-profit bodies that appear to have been caught up in the Icelandic banking fiasco?

Sky News were persistent in their questioning of council leaders as to whether the Icelandic banks were the right place for councils to place funds. A more pertinent question might be why these councils have so much of our money in the first place.

Reports have suggested that between some £700m and £1bn of council money invested in Iceland banks is potentially at risk. We have been reassured that this only represents a small portion of their total funds... so just how much do these councils have on deposit?