Lynn Hillan patronising the unemployed in Barnet

Unemployment in the London Borough of Barnet has gone up by approx 80% in the last year.

What has the Cabinet member responsible done? She's given the unemployed some advice. From the Hendon Times

Councillor Lynne Hillan, cabinet member for resources, said: “Unemployment is up again this month and we can expect it to keep rising for some time.

"My advice to anyone who finds themselves made redundant is to act quickly and seek out the help that is available to them so they can keep themselves afloat."

Well my advice to Lynn Hillan is get off your lazy fat backside and DO SOMETHING TO HELP.

Let me make a suggestion or two?

Don't abolish sheltered housing wardens. Your own plan will put approx three quarters of these on the dole.

Don't outsource local jobs to companies which operate outside of the Borough, as you are so keen to do under the Future Shape plan.

Cut councillor allowances, saving £400,000 which will allow you to take on extra "roving wardens" so that the vulnerable in the community will experience the same benefits as residents in sheltered housing.

Bar people who have been directors of companies which went bust from positions involving financial acumen at Barnet Council.

Employ people in house to write reports for the council, rather than consultants on £1,500 a day. Work with the unions and your own staff (people who actually understand the council's business) to work out the best way to restructure or reorganise the council. The cost of one consultant for a week will pay for 6 front line workers. Which will have the more beneficial effect on Barnet's unemployment figures.

Like many of Barnet's Tories, Ms Hillan has a track record of failure. Is she really the person to be lecturing anyone. I don't think so. That Mike Freer thinks she's the second most capable Tory in Barnet, says much.