[wdmmg-discuss] Where are the cuts? mini-app

Tue Apr 27 22:16:24 UTC 2010

I replied below.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Richard Pope wrote:

> I think this is really worth doing. It could be really simple,
> basically a form that lets you enter:
>
> - an authority name
> - and amount, or maybe amount range e.g. £1-2  million
> - a reference / citation
> - details (optional)
> - geographical area (optional)
> - tags / categories
>
> Then just have a running total, a url for each cut / authority etc
>
> There should be no space for comment, the idea is to become the
> attribution point for people discussing cuts, much in the way The
> Straight Choice is slowly becoming for people talking about leaflets.

Great, because it means we don't have to wait a year or more for the data 
to come out in a report -- we can get the cut as it's announced. The 
members of Democracy Club could be invited to gather this data too.