Welcome to Rutland: 46M in Debt… But They’ve Hired a £42K WFH Diversity Officer...

Rutland County Council — the smallest county in the UK — is £46.6 million in debt. So what do they do? 🔺 Raise council tax by 2% 🔺 Increase parking charges to claw back £250,000 🔺 Close the local sports centre, because reopening it would mean scrapping the flood officer or the climate officer …And yet, this week, they've advertised two brand new jobs: 🚍 A Transport Communications Officer (just for transport) — £32,000 a year, remote 🌈 An Employment Diversity & Inclusion Officer — £42,000 a year, also remote, with the vaguest job description I’ve ever read Let’s break this down: 💸 That money could’ve filled 576 potholes 👩‍🏫 Funded two teaching assistants 🚓 Paid for four unmarked police cars 🏊 Or simply… reopened the community sports centre But instead, the Lib Dems and Greens at Rutland County Council chose climate comms and woke box-ticking over frontline services. This is not governance. It’s parody. #RutlandCouncil #CouncilTaxScandal #BudgetMadness #LibDemsFail #GreenPartyWoke #PotholePolitics #UKLocalPolitics #CommunityFirst #SportsCentreClosed #WastedMoney #WhatAreTheyOn #PublicSpendingFail