General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I don't for one moment suggest it is an issue unique to Wigan.

I think local authorities seem to believe that they have found a way of getting something for nothing. So, naturally they go for it in a big way.

It is only a few years down the line, when audit results are available, that it becomes apparent they have just the opposite: something at a cost they can no longer sustain or justify.

Then they end up junking the very asset they were charged with preserving!

Examples abound, I am sure I need not list them. One I recently came across whilst walking Woodhead. There used to be a hostel on the Yorks side. It was run jointly by Barnsley council and YHA. Barnsley took it over 100%. And of course short way down the line, closed it down.