The Anonymous Widower

English Councils Have Large Reserves

This article on the BBC shocked me. I always get the impression that councils are strapped for cash, but the Audit Commission says that they have £13 billion in reserves.

The councils should take a leaf out of this widower’s book and put it into peer-to-peer lending in their own area.  I proposed putting a regional element into something like Zopa here.

They might lose the odd bit, but it would be safer than putting the money in an Icelandic bank.

December 6, 2012 - Posted by | Business, Finance, News | , ,

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