The suggestion from some sections of the Government and media that council staff are second class citizens was ‘deeply offensive', [chief executive of Manchester City Council] Sir Howard Bernstein told a meeting of business leaders last week.
Jim Hancock offers a timely warning for politicians to cool the rhetoric as we move to the Comprehensive Spending Review.
The suggestion from some sections of the Government and media that council staff are second class citizens was ‘deeply offensive', [chief executive of Manchester City Council] Sir Howard Bernstein told a meeting of business leaders last week.