Higher Earners to Be 'Named and Shamed' ; Government Orders West Councils to Identify All Staff On Pounds 58,000 or More in New Crackdown Councils Told to Name Staff Paid Pounds 58,000
Western Morning News, The › February 08, 2011
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Councils have been ordered to name all staff earning more than Pounds 58,000 a year under Government plans to drive down town hall spending.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has targeted "middle management waste" in his latest bid to prevent councils from cutting frontline services. The Conservative minister wants taxpayers to "look under the bonnet of their town hall" and is keen for salaries of scores of staff at Westcountry councils to be made public.See the full content of this document
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Higher Earners to Be 'Named and Shamed' ; Government Orders West Councils to Identify All Staff On Pounds 58,000 or More in New Crackdown Councils Told to Name Staff Paid Pounds 58,000
Mr Pickles won immediate support from campaigners.
Emma Boon, of the Taxpayers' Alliance pressure group, said: "We want taxpayers to shame their councils into cutting salaries if they don't think they ...See the full content of this document
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