Snipped >At the 'open forum' event at the London Boat Show, Barry Gardiner claimed that >the only >effect of the grant cuts on BW was deferred maintenance. I asked Robin Evans >(who was >sitting alongside the Minister) to confirm this: "Robin, could you confirm >that the 180 >redundancies would have happened regardless of the grant cuts?" > >He answered: "You know those efficiencies have _always_ been our plan." (I >didn't.) He >went on to explain that the DEFRA cuts have just made it happen a little >sooner than would >otherwise have been the case. > >So when David Miliband answered that a retreat from freight was BW's decision, >not his, >BW would back him up. BW wanted to abolish the freight department, "retire" >the >restoration director, and close the Birmingham office anyway. > >Richard
Regarding maintenance, some isn't being done because the "tickets" that the staff need to operate equipment are not being renewed. Sue nb Nackered Navvy
