Scottish Borders Council

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Scottish Borders Council ... true reflection of what is actually happening or is it just propoganda? Find out about what the council has on offer locally. Locate your councillor, MP or Trading Standards office. See how the council is spending your tax monies: are leisure services up to scratch? How are the schools performing? What plans do they have for the future? Share your experiences with others here.

Newest Review: ... meaning of the phrase 'public servant'. Their services - especially 'caring services' - are notable mostly for their lack, and when it comes to being disabled, they're not part of the answer, they're part of the problem. I'm retired and disabled, and not long ago had to struggle up a stepladder (is that even legal?!!) to dump garden waste in a council skip while a bone idle council employee ... more

... stood with his hands in his pockets telling me where to put it. There have recently been strikes by council workers - frankly it's hard to tell the difference. Thinking of moving to the Scottish Borders? Depends on whether or not you have money. ...more

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Scottish Borders Council: They talk the talk, but.... (364 words)
by - written on 08/10/08 (Useful, 61 readings)
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I've lived in a dozen local authority areas in the UK. At present, I'm in the Scottish Borders, held here by family, financial circumstance, and medical disability. I can't say with any authority that the Scottish Borders Council is the worst in the UK - I can certainly say it's the worst I have ever come across. Ineffective, endlessly delaying, infinitely self-justifying and unashamedly self-righteous - like so many councils they have long forgotten the meaning of the phrase 'public servant'. Their services - especially 'caring services' - are notable mostly for their lack, and when it comes to being disabled, they're not part of the answer, they're part ... Read the complete review

Comparison with Guildford Borough Council (213 words)
by - written on 13/03/03 (Somewhat useful, 28 readings)
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Having read judithpow`s horrific experiences with Scottish Borders I can only say that, It is with sadness that councillors there, have fallen foul of business acumen and kowtowed to pressures to reduce community taxes, the knock on effect being of course the drastic reduction in services to the needy and disadvantaged, What a surprise then that I can support this rendition of mine, to this political ramification of what Councils can be to their community (As it is music,even to my cynical ear) I live in and work(for) Guildford Borough Council Surrey, We probably have one of the highest Community charges in the country, but the story is well formed for the ... Read the complete review

Scottish Borders Council: Living there (133 words)
by - written on 31/03/01 (Useful, 36 readings)
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Originally from East Lothian, I moved to the Borders 12 years ago. During that period I required assistance for housing as I left my violent husband and taking my 3 children with me. I was eventually allocated a homeless accomodation (after a month staying in over-crowded conditions, with friends and their family) and then a HA house after another month. There are few facilities for domestic violence within the area - in fact even the main police HQ is based at Hawick. I lived in fear for 4 years with no assistance and eventually became very depressed and socially phobic. I have left the area now, thank goodness, and have returned to my birth area - again with ... Read the complete review

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