I've been following this story. The claim is that they are all sat in a storeroom in Leeds Civic Hall. Surely in the day and age of all and sundry carrying a camera phone there must be a photo to provide evidence of this? Or is the story to cover for the fact the DfE slashed the promised allocation of laptops by 80%, just before half term?

And anyway, since when did you care about disadvantaged kids? Isn't it the job of the parents to work harder to feed, clothe and provide laptops for their kids?

The council will be carrying hundreds of laptops more than they need especially given all their staff are working from home - that's the way of councils. How do you show the difference between the council's and those supposedly going to kids? Suggest its just free stuff for the council.

Of course it must be the government's fault!! - maybe they slashed the allocation because they weren't needed as Leeds has clearly demonstrated!!

All I have ever said is it is a parent's duty to feed, cloth and put a roof over their kids - is that really asking that much - I never said about a laptop - although most parents would be able to afford c£300 every 5 years!!

Keep going defending the indefensible

LCC employees are working from home on their LCC laptops, so LCC don't have 100s of spare laptops. These laptops are also configured for the LCC network, so couldn't be used on an external network anyway without a VPN. They actually had to get 100s more laptops in order for the rest of office based work force to be able to work from home.

Most people I know who work in the public sector bemoan the ancient IT equipment and vintage versions of Windows/occasional DOS based critical systems.

But Sal knows best!

My point exactly - do you honestly think LCC only bought exactly the number of computers they needed? If they did they would be the first public service that has.

If they were working on outdated versions of windows they wouldn't be able to open/read any of the files being sent to them? Of course Ghost knows best!!

Interest debate in parliament yesterday about the billions wasted on IT projects in the NHS!!.

Given that LCC haven't come back and suggested the story is untrue it would seem they are sitting on significant volumes of laptops destined for needy students

LCC only upgraded to windows 10 last year.
The claim that LCC still have the laptops at the civic hall is not true.

In your ivory tower, out of touch world, you have no idea that the version of Windows is irrelevant to whether you can open Office files - and that files have backward compatibility.

I often wonder how good would it be for your business if you actually enjoyed a day in the real world of the actual workers every now and then.

He’s not even that well off. Trust me. Don’t believe a word of what he posts on here. It’s amazing what other posters tell you about people on here

Cummings to resign as PM before Christmas. But too little too late, the damage has already been done.

I reckon Johnson will be gone in the new year if Brexit is looking like the disaster being forecast. He's not the sort to stick around to fix things. He just likes breaking things for someone else to pick up the tab. Unless, of course, he can point to Cummings, who will be outside of government by then, and say, "bigger boys did it".

Cummings has gone with immediate effect.

Have we been transported back to May?

It all looked a bit 'for show'. Leaving by the front door with a cleared desk box in his hand. Is that how it's happened or is something else going on behind all the theatre?

Do you mean Theresa

I'd probably take her back at this moment in time

May's tenure looks like a golden age in comparison to Bozo's circus.

Congratulations to Carrie our third female PM

It wonder if this isolation is one of convenience so to avoid awkward questions regarding his leadership. I am sure his mate Dido would be only too happy to help when there is no fridge readily available to hide in.

And, just like Cummings, unelected


Probably has more balls than Boris too.

love to see the clueless hate envy squad out in force, meanwhile, the anti semite Corbyn is welcomed back with open arms.... how proud you must be of Labours record on all things great and good.

See Bozo has briefly put his head above the parapet again in defence of his bullying Home Secretary.
She'll probably go the same way as his Domcum.

Eventually.........

He's very decisive is Boris, wait until something gets really bad, then wait some more and then, finally get of his booty and do something.
Just imagine how many fewer deaths and cases of covid there would have been if he'd acted when Sage first suggested a second "lockdown".
Now that Cummings has gone, who is holding his hand and whispering in his ear, is it Carrie Symonds ?

I wonder what the press and some on here would say if Starmer did not publish the report into antisematism or asked for it to be toned down, refused access to witnesses and then decide there is no problem.
Johnson is what he will always be weak. He failed to sack those that should be removed, allowing posts to be awarded to those connected to the Conservatives, give contracts without competition and then wastes public money only to now state we are all in this together and therefore the public sector should accept a further period of pay freeze.
He even paid a jeweller in America 21 million but would not initially fund children’s meals.