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Originally Posted by gynn
We were all shocked by the news in last months LET.
"MORE than 6,000 jobs are expected to be lost after Lancashire County Council announced a massive programme of spending cuts.
The council’s directors, who were asked last year to identify possible cuts in their departments, have now been dispatched to come up with ways to make extra savings."
So how, we wonder are they getting on in their search for savings? Not very well, judging from tonights LET.
"Lancashire County Council has promoted its resources boss the top job of chief executive.
Phil Halsall has landed the post, which comes with a salary of £194,655."
or about 105 quid an hour.
Oh Dear!  Back to the Drawing Board.
As our esteemed PM is often heard to say "We're all in this together!" |
There seems to be one minor point missing from this thread / comment. I'm not defending high salaries but there has been a saving made. LCC has, in it's own terminology "disestablished" Halsalls previous post of Director of Resources. This it is claimed equates to £500,000 over the next 3 years. Net gain to Halsall £30k per year, gross saving to LCC £166k per year. Like I say, I'm not defending it, just keeping it objective.