This was the report about which we were not allowed to ask questions of anyone at the Council, such as how was this remarkable transformation achieved in such a short period of time.
Day: November 5, 2019
LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF LOOKING AFTER ‘NAUGHTY’ CHILDREN
As soon as I applied online for a brochure, eager Luke, the portfolio manager, called to hard-sell the investment. Caring for these children is highly profitable, he said, with each child worth at least £2,500 and up to £5,500 a week for the multiply disabled, abused and damaged. “The naughtier children pay more,” he explained, with a bit of a laugh – though “naughty” might not be in the official social care lexicon. There are, he said, long waiting lists of children needing places. He rattled through the figures: their four-bed homes will make £214,000 a year profit at 75% occupancy and a whacking great £624,000 profit at full-bed occupancy. The brochure breaks down all the costs: staff at £232,100, food at £12,600 and so on.
ANOTHER PIECE OF OLD IRELAND FADES AWAY WITH HIS DEATH
He was never, in this sense, a mere medium. He was always himself a kind of message. But the message was potent because it was as fluid and ambiguous and contradictory as the country itself was. If he had been a mere reactionary, he would have been of no great interest – the country was full of them. If he had been a radical, he wouldn’t have survived for six months. He thrived because he was both.
RADIOTHERAPY RESEARCH BOOST FOR LOCAL HOSPITALS
Scientists have been awarded a major cash boost from Cancer Research UK to pioneer new radiotherapy technologies and techniques that could help more local people survive cancer in the future.
THE DIRKS ARE OUT AND LABOUR BOOT GOES INTO NATIONALISM
Two well-known social media commentators have made a blistering attack on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as the General Election campaign gets underway.