Tuesday 4 May 2010

£220k-a-year council boss hires £122k consultants to tell her who to sack

One of Britain's highest paid council chief executives has demanded her authority spend £122,000 on outside consultants to tell her how to save money.

Andrea Hill, who earns £220,000 a year, has warned workers at Suffolk County Council that the authority needs reorganisation and some of them will be sacked.

Taxpayers in Suffolk will pay three consultancy agencies up to £1,500 a day to tell the council where it can save. more...

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