Thursday 17 February 2011
Distracting from the Cuts
The Guardian carries a piece on excessive salaries in local government. This is being used by the current Tory led government as a distraction technique from their ideological cuts programme. The percentage of a Borough budget that the Chief Executive's pay account for is tiny. The likes of Eric Pickles know this, but they are hoping that directing publicity on Chief Executive pay will create the impression that it is local authorities that are chosing to make the cuts rather than central government that is pulling levers to make the cuts happen.
1 comment:
Dear Mr Powney, what are the figures behind your assertions? I would be interested to know what percentage of the budget constitutes Chief Executive's pay? How much is he paid? I am sure you have these figures to hand.
Many thanks,
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