Recycling
As I don't have a car and cabs are more and more reluctant to drive around Chiswick, and are very expensive to boot, with many jacking up their costs recently, I won't be able to use the new very distant recycling centre now that Stirling Road is closing. So I am paying a licensed private contractor who charges less than Ealing Council does for bulk collections. Having in the past had very bad experiences with the NHS, when I went self employed more than 20 years ago I pay a hefty premium each month for critical illness and private healthcare cover as I have to work or can't pay the bills. I do without expensive meals out, holidays, buying anything other than what is essential or running a car. Yet I am also supposed to be paying for these service through my council and general very hefty taxation. Where does the money go? Not on things that are important to me. Yes, delivery drivers need to use roads, although I don't run a car, and it's good to have some street lighting and a very basic level of NHS support, if you can access it in time for it to be of use, and some rubbish collection although it is becoming more and more hit and miss, but I think before long, anyone who can pay for anything at all will do so as I have started to do, as we continue to get a poorer and poorer service for things that our taxes should be paying for. Councils and local goverments need to be held far more to account for the appalling waste of the money they get from incredibly hard-working people which is often not spent on even the basic services our taxes should cover.
Claire Moran ● 1813d0 Comments ● 1813d