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Clever councils put other local authorities to shame
St. Edmundsbury Borough and Forest Heath District councils have joined that innovative (and growing) group of local authorities who share chief executives. Yesterday they replaced two senior managers on £127,621 and £100,200 with just one, Ian Gallin, on a salary of £105,000. When other general employment costs are taken into account, this will save local [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Clever councils put other local authorities to shame
St. Edmundsbury Borough and Forest Heath District councils have joined that innovative (and growing) group of local authorities who share chief executives. Yesterday they replaced two senior managers on £127,621 and £100,200 with just one, Ian Gallin, on a salary of £105,000. When other general employment costs are taken into account, this will save local [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Cheshire East councillors get a free ride on taxpayers’ money
Cheshire East Council, which last week revealed it had a serious budget deficit, has rejected an amendment that would have reduced its mileage allowance for councillors to HMRC recommended levels. Council Leader Wesley Fitzgerald has claimed that the agreed cut from 65p to 52.2p a mile is a victory for spending restraint, but in reality [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Who watches the watchmen? Government credit card agency in its own waste scandal
Who watches the watchmen? Taxpayers will be demanding answers after it was revealed that the very agency charged with delivering ‘significant sustainable cost reductions’ in public sector procurement has splurged £1.7million of taxpayers’ money in nightclubs, five star hotels and on trips to New York. The Government Procurement Service (GPS) manages a vast scheme of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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